niece
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Noun
nieces, plural;
/nēs/,
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nieces, plural;
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A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law
Web Definitions:
- a daughter of your brother or sister
- Nephew is a son of one's sibling or sibling-in-law, and niece is a daughter of one's sibling or a sibling-in-law. Sons and daughters of siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews and nieces respectively, even though there is no blood relation. ...
- For a woman to dream of her niece, foretells she will have unexpected trials and much useless worry in the near future.
- sister's daughters, brother's daughters
- The painter and photographer Barbara Sotheby (d.1952) in 1888. Daughter of his sister Eleanor Leighton. Her portrait of her uncle, in coloured chalk, and a portrait of Paul, the porter, belong to the Tabley House Collection.
- la nipote (“lah nee-poh-tah”)