Egyptian Mau

/ maʊ /

noun

1. a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length

Word History and Origins

Origin of Egyptian Mau¹

Arabic mau cat

Example Sentences

By the time I reached the 20th cat, the elusive Egyptian Mau, it took merging 262,144 kitty cats together.

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Renouf says: "It is not improbable that the cat, in Egyptian mäu, became the symbol of the Sun-god, or Day, because the word mäu also means light."

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