Isle of Man

An island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea, part of the British Isles but not of the United Kingdom.


Manx

en-adj

Manx (comparative more Manx, superlative most Manx)

more Manx (comparative)
most Manx (superlative)

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.
Also influenced by Manx Manninagh, an adjectival form of Mannin (“Isle of Man”), Isle of Man; cf Scottish Gaelic Manainneach and Irish Manannach.

Relating to the Isle of Man and/or its Celto-Germanic people.

manx

relating to the Isle of Man and/or its people


Manx

en-noun

Manx (countable and uncountable, plural Manx or Manxes)

A member or descendant of the Celto-Germanic people of the Isle of Man; a Manxman or Manxwoman.

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.


Manx

(uncountable) A Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man.

մեներեն

a Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man

the long-haired version of the Manx cat breed


triskelion

triskelion (plural triskelions or triskelia)

Coined c. 1881, as a diminutive of triskeles, specifically in numismatics to refer to minuscule forms of the symbol found on ancient coins. No direct derivation from Katharevousa τρισκέλιον (triskélion, “three-legged stool; rule of three, analogy”).

Sicily and the Isle of Man use triskelia as their emblems.

A figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry.

三曲腳圖 /三曲脚图

figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs


sheading

Unclear. Perhaps from the Norse word skeid, "ship assembly", with each sheading providing men for a warship. Perhaps from a Celtic word meaning "sixth part". Perhaps from the Middle English word, scheding, for an administrative division.

Any of the six administrative districts into which the Isle of Man is divided.


Established in the United Kingdom as the first emergency service number in the world, initially chosen because of its suitability at a time of rotary-dial telephones.

I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember 911?
You mean 999...
I mean 999!
That's the American one!
Yeah!

2006 Feb. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 2

When you call 999 in the UK, the operator usually answers the phone with "Emergency. Which service?"

The telephone number for emergency services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Burma, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and the Seychelles.

三條九 /三条九 (saam¹ tiu⁴ gau², literally “triple nine”)


Selected by the European Union as the 3-digit number fastest to dial on cellular and rotary phones without the likelihood of accidental dialing caused by hanging up a landline telephone, sometimes interpreted by phone networks as a 1.

When you call 112 in the United Kingdom, the call is automatically rerouted to 999 operators.

The telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Saint Vincent.


Manxman

"Potatoes and herrings, Mr. Christian; just a Manxman’s supper.”

The Manxman is never wise until the day after the fair. (Traditional Manx saying).

2005, John Ayto, Ian Crofton, Brewer's Britain and Ireland, page 587:


Manxwoman

...the rising inflexion in her voice which made the talk of the true Manxwoman the sweetest thing in the world to listen to.


House of Keys

Disputed. Possibly from keys (a Latin document from 1417 refers to Claves Mann and Claves Legis: the Keys of Mann and the Keys of Law); possibly from Norse verb kjósa, "to choose"; possibly from the Manx term kiare as feed, "twenty-four", because the House has always had 24 members.

(Isle of Man) The lower house of Tynwald, the Isle of Man parliament.


Manx cat

A domestic cat of a breed that is native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and a medium-sized, rounded, cobby body.


Manxness

It is the island's greatest ceremony, well worth watching if you are there, and totally fascinating in its mad Manxness.

2005, Benedict Le Vay, Eccentric Britain, page 89:


Loaghtan

A sheep of a breed native to the Isle of Man, characterized by dark brown wool and usually four or occasionally six horns.


fenodyree

(folklore) A little hairy sprite in the folklore of the Isle of Man.


Manxie

Yandher English taecher called our lil one 'a stupid Manxie'.

1924, Sophia Morrison, Vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx Dialect, page 117:

Ken Kavanagh believes it was 'Manxie' Laing's accident that was to bring to an end the official Norton works effort.

2006, Mick Walker, The Manx Norton, page 91:

A nickname for a Manx person, i.e. from the Isle of Man.