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luzzu

luzzu noun: a traditional brightly-painted Maltese fishing boat, characteristically adorned with a pair of eye designs on the bow.

luzzu: a traditional brightly-painted Maltese fishing boat, characteristically adorned with a pair of eye...
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Noun

luzzu (plural luzzus or luzzijiet)

  1. A traditional brightly-painted Maltese fishing boat, characteristically adorned with a pair of eye designs on the bow.
    • The island’s small fishing boats (Luzzus) and karrozzins (horse-drawn carriages) provided a welcome change-of-pace from the flattop Shangri-La’s sailors and airmen had been riding since October.1964, R[obert] Franklin Brown, Jr., USS Shangri-La, Attack Carrier, Boston, Mass.: Burdette, →OCLC, page 205, column 1

Forms of luzzu

pluralluzzus
pluralluzzijiet

Origin of luzzu

Borrowed from Maltese luzzu.

Questions about luzzu

What does luzzu mean?
Luzzu means a traditional brightly-painted Maltese fishing boat, characteristically adorned with a pair of eye designs on the bow.
What part of speech is luzzu?
Luzzu is a noun.
What is the plural of luzzu?
The plural of luzzu is luzzus.

Words near luzzu in the dictionary

  1. luzonite
  2. Luzviminda
  3. Luzzi
  4. luzzijiet
  5. Luzzis
  6. luzzu
  7. luzzus
  8. Luzón
  9. Luír Cheltchair
  10. luópán
  11. luópáns

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