nias

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Definition of nias

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A young hawk; an eyas.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A young hawk; an eyas.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of nonintentionally added substances.

name

  1. An island of Indonesia, located on the western coast of Sumatra.
  2. A regency in North Sumatra, the capital is Gido.
  3. The ethnolinguistic group from this island.
  4. The Austronesian language spoken by this group.

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Etymology

French niais. See eyas and nyas.

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