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Meaning of jos | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
  2. A city, the state capital of Plateau State, Nigeria.

Examples

“[…] 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.”
“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; […]”

CEFR level

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

Jos. josamycin Joscelyne Jose Jose Abad Santos Jose C. Payumo, Jr.

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