Sliema (or Tas-Sliema) is a centre for shopping, restaurants and café life. Sliema is also a major commercial and residential area. Sliema, which means ‘peace, comfort’, was once a quiet fishing village on the peninsula across Marsamxett Harbour from Valletta, but now Sliema and the coastline up to neighbouring St. Julian’s constitutes Malta’s main coastal resort.
Sliema (au Tas-Sliema) ni kituo kwa ajili ya ununuzi, migahawa na maisha café. Sliema pia ni biashara na makazi eneo kubwa. Sliema, ambayo ina maana ‘amani, faraja’, mara kwa mara nyingine kimya uvuvi kijiji juu ya peninsula hela Marsamxett Bandari kutoka Valletta, lakini sasa Sliema na ukanda wa pwani hadi nchi jirani ya St Julian hufanya Malta kuu ya pwani mapumziko.