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Meaning of Ziz | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˈzɪz

Definitions

  1. A giant bird resembling a griffin in Jewish mythology.
  2. A river in Morocco and Algeria.
  3. A unisex given name, often used as a nickname.

Equivalents

Examples

“Well one lunch-time when we're full of soup and sausages and tea, and we're just off to the bungalow to get the old feet up for half an hour or so, and maybe a quick ziz with a bit of luck, we hear a chirpy sort of small-size growl in the spring sky […]”
“LaSota published a dark and sometimes violent blog under the name Ziz and, in one section, described her theory that the two hemispheres of the brain could hold separate values and genders and “often desire to kill each other.””

CEFR level

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