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

niece

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/niːs/
 
/niːs/
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  1. the daughter of your brother or sister; the daughter of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister compare nephewTopics Family and relationshipsa2
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, based on Latin neptis ‘granddaughter’, feminine of nepos ‘nephew, grandson’, from an Indo-European root shared by Dutch nicht, German Nichte.
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