tia

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Definitions

  • n. Aunt.

Example Sentences

  • "After Tía For­tu­na clos­es the door to her pink casita and pock­ets the key, she says good­bye to the palm trees and they whis­per back adiós, adiós, adios." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • tia

      • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

Notes

  • See also tio.

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