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Webster 1913 Edition

Nias

Ni′as

,
Noun.
[F.
niais
. See
Eyas
.]
A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Nias

NIAS

, for an eyas, a young hawk.

Definition 2024

Nias

Nias

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English

Proper noun

Nias

  1. An island off Sumatra in Indonesia.
  2. The ethnolinguistic group from this island.
  3. The Austronesian language spoken by this group.

nias

nias

See also: Nias

English

Noun

nias

  1. (obsolete) A young hawk; an eyas.
  2. (obsolete, by extension) An unsophisticated person.

French

Verb

nias

  1. second-person singular past historic of nier

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

nias

  1. indefinite genitive singular of nia

Etymology

French niais. See eyas.

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