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 [mawl-teez, -tees]   Origin

Mal·tese

   [mawl-teez, -tees] adjective, noun, plural Mal·tese.
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Malta, its people, or their language.
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noun
2.
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
3.
the Arabic dialect spoken in Malta, using many Italian words.

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Origin:
1605–15; Malt(a) + -ese
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Maltese (mɔːlˈtiːz)
 
—adj
1.  of or relating to Malta, its inhabitants, or their language
 
—n , -tese
2.  a native or inhabitant of Malta
3.  the official language of Malta, a form of Arabic with borrowings from Italian, etc
4.  a breed of toy dog having a very long straight silky white coat
5.  a domestic fancy pigeon having long legs and a long neck

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Maltese
from Malta (q.v.) + -ese. Maltese cat is attested from 1857; Maltese cross is from 1877 (earlier Malta cross, 1650s).
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