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How to pronounce niece in English?

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Type Words
Type of kinswoman
Has types grandniece, great-niece

Examples of niece

niece
Volatile and murderous Frank later married a teenage niece of the King of Samoa.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Today's she's headed to a birthday party for a niece who lives in south Wichita.
From the kansas.com
Each evening, her niece and her niece's friends gathered to eat the day's cakes.
From the stltoday.com
That wacky uncle whose fanciful tales come true for his amazed niece and nephew?
From the orlandosentinel.com
He lost his niece to the tsunami, and her mother, his sister, was badly injured.
From the sltrib.com
The movie was about a guy named Skeeter who has to babysit his niece and nephew.
From the ocregister.com
They met at her stable when the groom took his niece, Claire, to riding lessons.
From the toledoblade.com
If she can't help, she calls one of her daughters orher niece, who is a teacher.
From the suntimes.com
She is Rosetta's niece, and her father, Jim Rosetta, is part owner of the store.
From the fresnobee.com
More examples
  • A daughter of your brother or sister
  • Nephew is a son of one's sibling or sibling-in-law, and niece is a daughter of one's sibling or a sibling-in-law. Sons and daughters of siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews and nieces respectively, even though there is no blood relation. ...
  • For a woman to dream of her niece, foretells she will have unexpected trials and much useless worry in the near future.
  • Sister's daughters, brother's daughters
  • The painter and photographer Barbara Sotheby (d.1952) in 1888. Daughter of his sister Eleanor Leighton. Her portrait of her uncle, in coloured chalk, and a portrait of Paul, the porter, belong to the Tabley House Collection.