the south-eastern part ofMalta, with a population of 3,277
people (NSO Report, Dec 2008). The village’s name comes frommarsa,
which means "port" andxlokk, which is the local name for
south east. The word is related to the name for the drysiroccowind that blows from the Sahara,
comparable to the equivalent Catalanword,
"xaloc".
