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Definition of auntie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

auntie

noun
 
/ˈɑːnti/
 
/ˈænti/
(also aunty)
(informal)
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  1. aunt
    • Auntie Mary
  2. (Indian English, South-East Asian English) used as a polite way of addressing or referring to an older woman
    • Out of all the aunties in the neighbourhood, I've known her the longest.
    In Indian English in this meaning, say Lotika auntie, not Auntie Lotika . If you want to sound especially polite, you can say auntieji
     
    /ˈɑːntidʒi/
     
    /ˈæntidʒi/
    .
See auntie in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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