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Meaning of Lois | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈləʊ.ɪs

Definitions

  1. The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.

Equivalents

العربية لويس
Ελληνικά Λουίζα
Suomi Loois
Français Lois
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Loika Loisa
Italiano Lois
한국어 로이스

Examples

“When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”
“Modernity might also lie in a name like Lois - pronounced Loys in Trinidad - which came to the island in the 1940s through Lois Lane, the heroine of the American Superman comic strip.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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