Jos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jos"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Jos

1. A diminutive of the male given name Joseph
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 63, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     […] 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.

   • 1867, William Henry G. Kingston, editor, Taking tales for cottage homes, pages 9–10:

     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; […]

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Jos

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

   Synonym: (slang) J-Town

Anagrams

• OJs

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of Jozef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Jos
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Proper noun

Jos m

1. a male given name

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)ʒòs/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒàs]

Proper noun

Jòs f

1. Jos (a city, the state capital of Plateau State, Nigeria)