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English
Etymology
grand- + niece
Noun
grandniece (plural grandnieces)
- A granddaughter of one's sibling; a daughter of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's granddaughter: fraternal grandniece. Sister's granddaughter: sororal grandniece.)
2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 209:Then come […] the Duchess’s grandnieces Zwile and her little sister Gloria.
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granddaughter of a sibling
- Breton: nizez-vihan f
- Catalan: besneboda (ca) f, reneboda (ca) f, nebodera (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 侄孫女 (zh) (zhísūnnǚ)
- Dutch: achternicht (nl) f, oudtantezegger f
- Esperanto: pranevino
- French: petite-nièce (fr) f
- Galician: sobriña neta f
- Georgian: დისწულის ასული (disc̣ulis asuli), ძმისწულის ასული (ʒmisc̣ulis asuli), დისწულის ქალიშვილი (disc̣ulis kališvili), ძმისწულის ქალიშვილი (ʒmisc̣ulis kališvili), დისწულის შვილიშვილი (disc̣ulis švilišvili) (doesn't indicate grandchild's gender), ძმისწულის შვილიშვილი (ʒmisc̣ulis švilišvili) (doesn't indicate grandchild's gender)
- German: Großnichte (de) f
- Irish: garneacht f
- Italian: pronipote (it) f
- Japanese: 又姪 (まためい, matamei), 大姪 (ja) (おおめい, ōmei)
- Malay: cucu saudari f
- Manx: oe vraarey f
- Portuguese: sobrinha-neta (pt) f
- Russian: внуча́тая племя́нница (ru) f (vnučátaja plemjánnica)
- Spanish: sobrina nieta f
- Welsh: gornith f
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