1. 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; [syn: Maltese, Maltese language, Malti]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Maltese language
n 1: 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 [syn: Maltese,
Maltese language, Malti]