Maltese may refer to:
* Someone or something of, from, or related to
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
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Maltese alphabet
The Maltese alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet with the addition of some letters with diacritic marks and digraphs. It is used to write the Maltese language, which evolved from the otherwise extinct Siculo-Arabic dialect, as a result of 800 ...
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Maltese cuisine
Maltese cuisine reflects Maltese history; it shows strong Italian influences as well as influences from Spanish, French, Provençal, and other Mediterranean cuisines, with some later British culinary influence. Having to import most of its foo ...
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Maltese culture
The culture of Malta reflects various societies that have come into contact with the Maltese Islands throughout the centuries, including neighbouring Mediterranean cultures, and the cultures of the nations that ruled Malta for long periods of ti ...
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Maltese language
Maltese ( mt, Malti, links=no, also ''L-Ilsien Malti'' or '), is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata spoken by the Maltese people. It is the national language of Malta and the only offici ...
, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people
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Maltese people, people from Malta or of Maltese descent
Animals
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Maltese dog
Maltese dog refers both to an ancient variety of dwarf canine from Italy and generally associated also with the island of Malta, and to a modern breed of dog in the toy group. The contemporarvarietyis genetically related to the Bichon, Bologn ...
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Maltese goat
The Maltese is a breed of domestic goat from the east and central Mediterranean area. It originates in Asia Minor, and takes its name from the island of Malta. It is raised mainly in southern Italy, and particularly in the islands of Sicily a ...
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Maltese cat
A Maltese () is any cat whose fur is either completely, or primarily, gray or blue and is of indeterminate breed.
Description
Many cats with such colouration are supposedly present on the island of Malta, which may have given rise to the use ...
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Maltese tiger
The South China tiger is a population of the ''Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies that is native to southern China. The population mainly inhabited the Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. It has been listed as Critically Endanger ...
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Maltese cross
The Maltese cross is a cross symbol, consisting of four " V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically.
It is a heraldic cross variant which developed f ...
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Maltese (surname) Maltese is an Italian surname, meaning literally "Maltese" or "from Malta". Notable people with the surname include:
* Dario Maltese (born 1992) Italian footballer
* Michael Maltese, American writer, actor, soundtrack composer
* Serphin Maltese
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, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
See also
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The Maltese Falcon (disambiguation) The Maltese Falcon may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''The Maltese Falcon'' (novel), detective novel by Dashiell Hammett published in 1930, and its film adaptations:
** ''The Maltese Falcon'' (1931 film), starring Ricardo Cortez and direct ...
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