ProbableFrom the people of the place

Egyptian Mau

noun · first attested 20th century

Mau just means cat; the breed is a 1950s project built on Egyptian imports.

A naturally spotted shorthaired cat breed with a banded tail and green eyes.

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Egypt·Egypt

27.0000°N 29.0000°E · Q79

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Relationship: From the people of the place
Confidence: ProbableThe conventional story is likely, with caveats.
Attested: 20th century
Part of speech: noun
Sources: Wiktionary: Egyptian Mau Wikidata: Q79

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Egyptian Mau

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The modern breed traces to cats taken out of Egypt in the 1950s by an exiled Russian princess and bred first in Italy, then in the United States. Spotted cats appear in Egyptian tomb painting, but no continuous line from antiquity to the show bench has ever been demonstrated.

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