Manx

Meanings

1. Relating to the Isle of Man or its Celto-Germanic people.
2. Relating to the Manx language (also known as Manx Gaelic), a Gaelic language of the Goidelic family.
3. Relating to the Manx cat breed.

1. A member or descendant of the Celto-Germanic people of the Isle of Man; a Manxman or Manxwoman.
2. the Manx; Manx people.
3. 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.
4. With a truncated or missing tail.
5. A cat of the Manx breed; a Manx cat.

1. A Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man.

1. Manx (pertaining to the Isle of Man or to the Manx language)
2. manx (colloquial or slang) tailless (referring to the Manx cat)

Etymology

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.