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nesiote

nesiote adjective: insular; of islands.

Adjective

nesiote (not comparable)

  1. insular; of islands
    • But a glance farther along at the notes upon item 342 will show that these languages which here omit the moon present it in that record as masina, again the shining one, the most conspicuous object in the perfect light, composite white. Few of these forms in our three nesiote areas but are...1911, William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings

Origin of nesiote

From Ancient Greek νησιώτης (nēsiṓtēs, “islander”).

Questions about nesiote

What does nesiote mean?
Nesiote means insular; of islands.
What part of speech is nesiote?
Nesiote is an adjective.

Words near nesiote in the dictionary

  1. nesidioblastoses
  2. nesidioblastosis
  3. nesidioblasts
  4. Nesika Beach
  5. Nesin
  6. nesiote
  7. nesiotic
  8. nesiritide
  9. NESIS
  10. Neskhi
  11. Neski

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