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Maltese

[mawl-teez, -tees]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Malta, its people, or their language.



noun

plural

Maltese 
  1. a native or inhabitant of Malta.

  2. the Arabic dialect spoken in Malta, using many Italian words.

  3. Maltese cat.

  4. Maltese dog.

Maltese

/ ³¾É”˱ôˈ³Ù¾±Ë³ú /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Malta, its inhabitants, or their language

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Malta

  2. the official language of Malta, a form of Arabic with borrowings from Italian, etc

  3. a breed of toy dog having a very long straight silky white coat

  4. a domestic fancy pigeon having long legs and a long neck

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of Maltese1

First recorded in 1605–15; Malt(a) + -ese
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Example Sentences

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Fury was the beneficiary of a Netflix reality television show and a partnership with Maltese tourism.

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In its original form, the song's chorus revolved around the phrase "serving kant" – the word kant being Maltese for "singing" and a homophone for an English term that definitely doesn't mean singing.

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The Maltese government said that 12 crew and four activists were on board the boat, while the NGO said 30 activists had been on board.

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Huston, whose father was the high-profile “Maltese Falcon†and “African Queen†director John Huston, said she gets regular scans and has had “wonderful†doctors helping her out.

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There are also Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon,†originally published as a serial in Black Hat magazine, and John Steinbeck’s first novel, “Cup of Gold.â€

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