Jos

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English

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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Jos

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Joseph
    • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 63, in Vanity Fair [], London: Bradbury and Evans [], published 1848, →OCLC:
      [] Mr. Jos had the honour of leading out the Countess of Schlusselback, an old lady with a hump back, but with sixteen good quarters of nobility and related to half the royal houses of Germany.
    • 1867, William Henry G. Kingston, editor, Taking tales for cottage homes, pages 9–10:
      Joseph Rudge and his family had for some time been living in the new hut, about twenty miles from the head station. [] "Right, Jos," said Mat Clark, his mate; []

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Jos

  1. A city, the state capital of Plateau State, Nigeria
    Synonym: (slang) J-Town

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Shortening of Jozef.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jɔs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Jos
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Proper noun

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Jos m

  1. a male given name

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /(d)ʒòs/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [d͡ʒàs]

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Jòs f

  1. Jos (a city, the state capital of Plateau State, Nigeria)