JOS

Meaning of JOS in English

/jaws/ , n.

a city in central Nigeria. 105,000.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

JOS. — ■ abbreviation 1》 Joseph. 2》 Joshua (in biblical references).
Concise Oxford English vocab
JOS — town, capital of Plateau State, central Nigeria, on the Jos Plateau (altitude 4,250 ft ), on the Delimi River, and …
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JOS. — abbr. Joseph.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
JOS. — abbr. Joseph.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
JOS. — abbr. Joseph.
Oxford English vocab
ZORRILLA Y MORAL, JOS — born Feb. 21, 1817, Valladolid, Spain died Jan. 23, 1893, Madrid poet and dramatist, the major figure of the nationalist …
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SAN JOS — in full San Jos De Mayo, city, southern Uruguay. It lies northwest of Montevideo along the San Jos River. It …
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JUAN JOS DE AUSTRIA — English John Joseph Of Austria born April 7, 1629, Madrid died Sept. 17, 1679, Madrid the most famous of the …
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JOS PLATEAU — formerly Bauchi Plateau, tableland in Plateau State, central Nigeria, distinguished by its high bounding scarp and by bare grassland and …
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JOSTLE — [jos.tle] vb jos.tled ; jos.tling [alter. of justle, freq. of [1]joust] vi (1546) 1 a: to come in contact or …
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ARCADIA — any of the 18th-century Portuguese literary societies that attempted to revive poetry in that country by urging a return to …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: WORLD-AFFAIRS — Afghanistan Area: 652,225 sq km (251,825 sq mi)Population (2000 est.):25,889,000 (including Afghan refugees estimated to number about 1,100,000 in Pakistan …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: WORLD-AFFAIRS — Afghanistan Area: 652,225 sq km (251,825 sq mi)Population (1999 est.):25,825,000 (including Afghan refugees estimated to number about 1,100,000 in Pakistan …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: WORLD-AFFAIRS — AFGHANISTAN Area: 652,225 sq km (251,825 sq mi) Population (1997 est.): 23,738,000 (including Afghan refugees estimated to number more than …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: LITERATURE: PORTUGUESE — PORTUGUESE: Brazil. Among the works of fiction that received widespread attention in 1996 was Marcelo Rubens Paiva's No s tu, …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: LITERATURE: SPANISH — SPANISH: Latin America. Nobel laureate Gabriel Garca Mrquez' novel Of Love and Other Demons was published in English in 1995. …
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URUGUAY — officially Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Spanish Repblica Oriental del Uruguay South America's second smallest country after Suriname, situated in the …
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STATISTICS: COSTA RICA
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SPANISH LITERATURE
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SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS — city, southeastern So Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Paraba do Sul River at 2,110 feet (643 m) …
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PORTUGUESE LITERATURE
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PLATEAU — state, east-central Nigeria, created in 1976 out of the northern half of former Benue-Plateau state. It is bounded by the …
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ODUBER QUIRS, DANIEL — born Aug. 25, 1921, San Jos, Costa Rica died Oct. 13, 1991, San Jos president of Costa Rica (197478), member …
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NIGERIA, FLAG OF — vertically striped green-white-green national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2. From the late 17th century in what is …
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LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE — the body of writings produced in the Spanish-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere and in Portuguese-speaking Brazil. It also includes …
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COSTA RICA, FLAG OF — national flag with horizontal stripes of blue, white, red, white, and blue; the version flown by the government incorporates the …
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COSTA RICA — officially Republic of Coast Rica, Spanish Repblica de Costa Rica, country of Central America, covering an area of 19,730 square …
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CHURRIGUERA FAMILY — a Spanish architectural family prominent during the last years of the 17th century and the first quarter of the 18th. …
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BUKURU — town, Plateau state, central Nigeria, located on the Jos Plateau. It lies along a branch railway from Jos town (8 …
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ARGENTINA — officially Argentine Republic, Spanish Repblica Argentina country occupying most of the southern portion, or southern cone, of South America. With …
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