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MALTESE LANGUAGE
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
Maltese; Maltese language; Malti
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Maltese language" is a kind of...):
Semitic (a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family)