Jos
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Jos
- A diminutive of the male given name Joseph
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 63, in Vanity Fair , London: Bradbury and Evans , published 1848, →OCLC:
- […] 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.
- 1867, William Henry G. Kingston, editor, Taking tales for cottage homes, pages 9–10:
- 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; […]
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Jos
- A city, the state capital of Plateau State, Nigeria
- Synonym: (slang) J-Town
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Shortening of Jozef.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jos m
- a male given name
Hausa
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jòs f
- Jos (a city, the state capital of Plateau State, Nigeria)