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Meaning of maltese

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Maltese
      adj 1: of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its
             inhabitants; "Maltese customs officers"
      n 1: a native or inhabitant of Malta
      2: 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 [syn: {Maltese}, {Maltese
         language}, {Malti}]
      3: a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any
         short-haired bluish-grey cat [syn: {Maltese}, {Maltese cat}]
      4: breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat
         [syn: {Maltese dog}, {Maltese terrier}, {Maltese}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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