Thesaurus: maltese

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1. a. Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants.
2. n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta.
3. adj. of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its inhabitants
4. n. a native or inhabitant of Malta
5. n. the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French
6. n. a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat
7. n. breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat
8. Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta. Maltese cat (Zoöl.), a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat. -- Maltese cross. See Illust. 5, of Cross. -- Maltese dog (Zoöl.), a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.
9. Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants.-- n. sing. & pl.
10. j:100 n. a native or inhabitant of Malta n. the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French n. a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat