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Jos en · PROPN · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
    • Joseph Rudge and his family had for some time been living in the new hut, about twenty miles from the head station. […] "Right, Jos," said Mat Clark, his mate; […] 1867, William Henry G. Kingston, editor, Taking tales for cottage homes, pages 9–10:
    • […] Mr. Jos had the honour of leading out the Countess of Schlusselback, an old lady with a hump back, but with sixteen good quarters of nobility and related to half the royal houses of Germany. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 63, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
Source: en.wiktionary, “Jos” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jos en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Meanings

  1. A city, the state capital of Plateau State, Nigeria.

Synonyms

J-Town