Manx

Meaning

1. A Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man.
2. Manx (pertaining to the Isle of Man or to the Manx language)
3. manx (colloquial or slang) tailless (referring to the Manx cat)
4. A breed of domestic cat native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and rounded, cobby body.
5. A cat of the Manx breed; a Manx cat.
6. Relating to the Manx cat breed.
7. the Manx; Manx people.
8. Relating to the Isle of Man or its Celto-Germanic people.
9. A member or descendant of the Celto-Germanic people of the Isle of Man; a Manxman or Manxwoman.
10. Relating to the Manx language (also known as Manx Gaelic), a Gaelic language of the Goidelic family.
11. With a truncated or missing tail.

Etymology / origin

Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.

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