Manx
adjective
uk/mæŋks/us/mæŋks/relatingorbelongingto the Isle of Man, thepeoplewholivethere, ortheirlanguage:
Themillmakes thedistinctivesky-blueManxtartan.
Hisaccountsareshotthrough with Manxswearwords.
- The Manxparliamentbestowedon him anhonoraryknighthood.
- Theboatwaslocated10milesoff the Manxcoast.
- ManxGaelic,onceon thevergeofextinction, is nowtaughtinschools.
Language names
- Albanian
- American English
- Amharic
- Angrezi
- Aramaic
- Ebonics
- Filipino
- Finno-Ugric
- Flemish
- Georgian
- Greenlandic
- Gujarati
- Mongolian
- Montenegrin
- Monégasque
- Nauruan
- Nepalese
- Romany
- Semitic
- Yiddish
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Manx
noun[U]
uk/mæŋks/us/mæŋks/aCelticlanguagespokenby somepeoplein the Isle of Man,especiallyin the past:
By thattime, Manx andCornishhad bothdiedout.
In Manx, ee is both apronoun("she" or "it") and averb("toeat").
- In the 2001census, 2.2% of thepopulationclaimedto haveknowledgeof Manx.
- Manx, in the Isle of Man, has beenrevivedmoresuccessfully.
- "Good Morning littlepeople" or in Manx, "Moghrey Mie Vooinjer Veggey".
Language names
- Albanian
- American English
- Amharic
- Angrezi
- Aramaic
- Ebonics
- Filipino
- Finno-Ugric
- Flemish
- Georgian
- Greenlandic
- Gujarati
- Mongolian
- Montenegrin
- Monégasque
- Nauruan
- Nepalese
- Romany
- Semitic
- Yiddish