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Nios

or Ny·os

[ nee-ohs ]

/ ˈni oʊs /

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noun

Lake, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, at the NW border: eruption 1986.

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Words nearby Nios

niobite, niobium, niobous, Niobrara, Niort, Nios, NIOSH, nip, nipa, Nipah virus, nip and tuck

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How to use Nios in a sentence

Shortly before the end he turned to his friends who surrounded his bed, and said to them, "Acordaos de mis nios."
Legends, Tales and Poems|Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
Cartilla en Lengua Maya para la enseanza de los nios indigenes.
Notes on the Bibliography of Yucatan and Central America|Adolph Francis Bandelier
Este es tambin el sitio para el corral de aves domsticas y los pesebres para los caballitos de los nios de la casa.
Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader|Ernesto Nelson
Then the conversation got onto the usual subject of nios (children).
Diplomatic Days|Edith O'Shaughnessy

They also wore small, high-heeled, patent-leather slippers, and were accompanied by nios of various ages.
Diplomatic Days|Edith O'Shaughnessy