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Qui-Hye

Qui-Hye is the alternative form of qui-hi.

Meaning of qui-hi

Noun

qui-hi (plural qui-his)

  1. (India, colloquial, historical) An Anglo-Indian in Bengal.
    • […] would find themselves at Galle regarded as interlopers by the Bengal "qui-his," as they are called, or high and mighty Anglo-Indians.1879, Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, page 107

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Noun capitalized: Qui-hye

Qui-hye (plural Qui-hyes)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of qui-hi.

Forms of Qui-Hye

pluralQui-Hyes
pluralQui-hyes

Questions about Qui-Hye

What is Qui-Hye the alternative form of?
Qui-Hye is the alternative form of qui-hi.
What part of speech is Qui-Hye?
Qui-Hye is a noun.
What is the plural of Qui-Hye?
The plural of Qui-Hye is Qui-Hyes.

Words near Qui-Hye in the dictionary

  1. qui tam
  2. qui tams
  3. qui vive
  4. qui-hi
  5. qui-his
  6. Qui-Hye
  7. Qui-Hyes
  8. quia
  9. Quiajo
  10. Quialigo
  11. Quiambao

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Qui-Hye (page history and authors); Qui-hye (page history and authors); qui-hi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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