Maltese may refer to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

Maltese alphabet The Maltese alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet with the addition of some letters with diacritic marks and Digraph (orthography), digraphs. It is used to write the Maltese language, which evolved from the otherwise extinct Siculo-Arabic diale ...

Maltese cuisine Maltese cuisine reflects History of Malta, Maltese history, showing strong Italian cuisine, Italian influences, as well as influences from Spanish cuisine, Spanish, French cuisine, French, Provençal cuisine, Provençal and other Mediterranean cu ...

Maltese culture The culture of Malta has been influenced by 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 lo ...

Maltese language Maltese (, also or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language derived from Siculo-Arabic, late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance languages, Romance Stratum (linguistics), superstrata. It is the only Semitic languages, Semitic language pred ...

, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people *

Maltese people The Maltese () people are an ethnic group native to Malta who speak Maltese, a Semitic language with a substantial Romance superstratum, and share a common Maltese history and culture characterised by Roman Catholicism, which remains the ...

, people from Malta or of Maltese descent

Animals

Maltese dog Maltese dog refers both to an ancient variety of dwarf, white-coated dog breed from Italy and generally associated also with the island of Malta, and to a modern dog breed, breed of similar dogs in the toy group, genetically related to the B ...

Maltese cat A Maltese cat is any whose fur is completely or primarily grey (often called "blue" by Cat fancy, cat fanciers) and regardless of cat breed, breed. ''Maltese'' is a coat-colour term, not a breed name. Description There is some evidence of a his ...

Maltese goat The Maltese is a comparatively small sized rare breed of Goat, dairy goat known for its high milk production, high prolifacy and a resistance and adaptation to heat stress. Origin This renowned dairy breed probably originated from the East ...

* Maltese tiger

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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 develope ...

Maltese (surname) Maltese is an Italian surname, meaning literally "Maltese" or "from Malta". Notable people with the surname include: * Dario Maltese (footballer), Dario Maltese (born 1992), Italian footballer * Michael Maltese (1908–1981), American writer, actor ...

, a surname (including a list of people with the name)

Animals

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