luzzu

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noun

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

OriginMaltese luzzu →
Scrabble 23
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Meanings

nounluzzu (plural luzzus or luzzijiet)

plural luzzus · plural 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

Origin

  1. Malteseluzzu
  2. Englishluzzu

Borrowed from Maltese luzzu.

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APA

luzzu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luzzu

MLA

“luzzu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luzzu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “luzzu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luzzu.

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