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Manx

  [mangks]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, its inhabitants, or their language.
–noun
2. (used with a plural verb) the inhabitants of the Isle of Man.
3. the Gaelic of the Isle of Man, virtually extinct.
Origin:
1565–75; syncopated and metathesized form of earlier Manisk(e) < ON manskr of the Isle of Man, equiv. to Man name of the island + -skr adj. suffix denoting origin (see -ish 1 )
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Manx   (māngks)   
adj.  Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its people, language, or culture.
n.   pl. Manx

  1. (used with a pl. verb) The people of the Isle of Man.

  2. The extinct Goidelic language of the Manx.

  3. A Manx cat.


[Alteration of Old Norse *Mansk, from Mon, Man-, Isle of Man.]
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