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Meaning of Ewe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
juː

Definitions

  1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
  2. Initialism of extreme wildfire event.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
    plural, singular
  4. The Niger-Congo language, belonging to the Gbe family, spoken by these people.
  5. Epilogue, What Epilogue?; a subgenre of Harry Potter fanfiction which pointedly ignores the epilogue of the final novel.
    Harry-Potter, countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية النعجة نعجة
Беларуская авечка
Български овца
Bosanski dele ovca tačka овца
Català ovella
Čeština ovce
Esperanto ŝafino
Español oveja oveja madre
فارسی میش
Français brebis ewe éwé
Galego ovella
עברית רחל
हिन्दी भेड़
Hrvatski dele ovca tačka овца
Հայերեն մաքի
Íslenska ær
Italiano ewe pecora
日本語 エウェ人 エウェ語 牝羊 雌羊
ქართული ცხვარი
한국어 암양
Kurdî ewê
Latina ovis
Latviešu avs
Македонски еве овца
မြန်မာဘာသာ သိုးမ
Nederlands Ewe Ewe- ooi
Português ewe ovelha
Română oaie oiță
Русский овца эве ярка
Slovenčina ovca
Slovenščina ovca
Shqip dele delme
Српски dele ovca tačka овца
Svenska ewe tacka
Українська вівця овечка

Examples

“This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy ſhee goates haue not caſt their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.”
“Most Ewes are farmers or fishermen, although a growing number are urban dwellers living in Accra, Lomé, and other cities. The Ewes are a patrilineal people, with inheritance passing from father to son.”
“A person from Ho, like all Ewes, attaches great importance to a friendly greeting.”
“Among the Ewes, and equally among other language and ethnic groups in Ghana, names form an integral part of people’s identity.”
“A collective desire to explore some of the themes Rowling hadn't satisfactorily addressed helped fuel the development of hundreds of “Epilogue, What Epilogue?” (EWE) fanfics following the publication of Deathly Hallows.”
“'EWE' (Epilogue-What Epilogue?) fics are similar to some AU stories in that they ignore the often-disliked epilogue of Rowling's Deathly Hallows, and instead create their own future of the Wizarding World.”
“Bringing beloved characters back to life is one of the most recurrent elements of EWE fics, […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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