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Manx

adjective

Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language. "There are few Manx speakers alive today"

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Etymology of 'Manx'

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Manx shearwater

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"Manx" Quotes from Famous Books

... ix., p. 10.).—On the day on which this Query met my eye, a friend informed me that she had just received a letter from an American clergyman travelling in Europe, in which he mentioned having seen a tailless cat in Scotland, called a Manx cat, from having come {480} from the Isle of Man. This is not "a Jonathan." Perhaps the Isle of Man is too small to ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 • Various

... Norse King Orry, and seeking out his friend Magnus, who was the lord and monarch of that land, with him he lived for many months, until on a time there came a message from Hakon of Norway, bidding King Magnus set forth with his ships of war to the Western Isles. When the Manx ships joined Hakon's navy at Skye, Roderic the Rover was welcomed above all other chiefs, and he offered that the isle of Gigha should be made the headquarters of the forces, from which they might easily swoop ...

— The Thirsty Sword • Robert Leighton

Words linked to "Manx" : domestic cat, Erse, Goidelic, man, Manx shearwater, Gaelic, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, Manx cat, house cat