GOZO or GOZZO, an island of the Maltese group in the Mediterranean sea, second in size to Malta and similar in physique. It lies N.W. and 31 m. from the nearest point of Malta, is of oval form, 84 m. in length and 41 m. in extreme breadth, and has an area of nearly 25 sq.m. Its chief town, Victoria, formerly called Rabato (pop. 1921, 5,219) stands near the middle of the island on one of a cluster of steep conical hills. The prehistoric temple "Gigantia" is of the same type as Hagiar Kim in Malta but larger. The estimated population in 1921 was 22,561.