Ewe

E·we  (w, v)

n. pl. Ewe or E·wes

1. A member of a people inhabiting southeast Ghana, southern Togo, and southern Benin.

2. The Gbe language of the Ewe people.

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ewe  (y)

n.

A female sheep, especially when full grown.

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[Middle English, from Old English we, owu; see owi- in Indo-European roots.]

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ewe [juː]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

a.  a female sheep

b.  (as modifier) a ewe lamb

[Old English ēowu; related to Old Norse ǣr ewe, Old High German ou, Latin ovis sheep, Sanskrit avi]

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Ewe [ˈɛwɛ]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl Ewe, Ewes a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in the forests of E Ghana, Togo, and Benin

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Ewe - a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana Benin, Dahomey, Republic of Benin - a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control Togo, Togolese Republic - a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control Ghana, Gold Coast, Republic of Ghana - a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British" African - a native or inhabitant of Africa
	2.	Ewe - a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin Kwa - a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria
	3.	ewe - female sheep                         udder, bag - mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

Translations

ewe [juː] N → oveja f

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ewe [ˈjuː] n → brebis f

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ewe

n → Mutterschaf nt

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ewe [juː] n → pecora

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ewe

n ewe [juː]

a female sheep The ewe had two lambs. ooi نَعْجَه، شاةٌ овца ovce får das Mutterschaf προβατίνα oveja utt گوسفند ماده؛ میش uuhi brebis כִּבשָׂה भेंड़, भेंड़ी ovca anyajuh domba betina ær pecora 雌羊 암양 avis aita (mātīte) biri-biri betina ooi søye owca ovelha oaie овца ovca ovca ovca tacka แกะตัวเมียที่โตเต็มที่แล้ว (dişi) koyun 母羊 вівця بھیڑ cừu cái 母羊

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Ewe → شاة ovce får Mutterschaf προβατίνα oveja hembra uuhi brebis ženka ovce pecora 雌羊 암양 ooi søye strach ovelha овца tacka แกะตัวเมียที่โตเต็มที่ koyun cừu cái 母羊