Mal|tese

Mal|tese
Mal|tese «mol TEEZ, -TEES», noun, plural -tese, adjective.
–n.
1. a person born or living in Malta, an island in the Mediterranean, south of Sicily.
2. the native language of Malta. It is a form of Arabic with many Italian words.
3. any one of a breed of small dogs with long, silky, white hair and usually weighing between 2 and 7 pounds. It was popular as a lap dog among well-to-do Greeks and Romans.
–adj.
1. of Malta, its people, or their language.
2. of or having to do with the religious and military order of the Knights of Malta.

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