Maniot adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Pertaining to Mani or its inhabitants. noun1 •A native or inhabitant of the Mani Peninsula in (what is now) southern Greece.The Maniats, in particular, had never paid any taxes to the Ottomans, and refused to do so now to the agents of Kapodistrias. — 2019 formsManiots