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MALTESE LANGUAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Maltese language mean?
• MALTESE LANGUAGE (noun)
The noun MALTESE LANGUAGE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: MALTESE LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Maltese; Maltese language; Malti
Hypernyms ("Maltese language" is a kind of...):
Semitic (a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family)
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