niece

noun \ ˈnēs \

|Updated on: 11 Jul 2018

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1 : a daughter of one's brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law

2 : an illegitimate (see illegitimate 1) daughter of an ecclesiastic

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If he's my uncle, then I'm his niece.

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Walter is survived by his partner Gino Aitro, his nieces, Eileen and Kathy, and nephew, Kevin.

— Sun-Sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 7/8," 8 July 2018
The Yolando Road resident liked attending family events and school events for his niece and nephew, as well as those of friends’ children.

— frederick n. rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, "Lawrence L. Gamber III, architectural draftsman, dies," 7 July 2018
He is survived by his wife, Lisa Swain Bramblett; mother, Emily Conway Bramblett; two sisters, Debbie Bramblett Bell and Rona Bramblett Huey (Trip); his nephews Brandon Bell and Avery Huey and his niece, Ansleigh Huey.

— orlando sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Deaths in Central Florida: 7/1," 1 July 2018
Behind him is his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, and her two nieces, 8-year-old Diane and 6-year-old Amy Roosevelt.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "Newly Discovered Footage Offers Rare Glimpse of FDR Walking," 28 June 2018
The World War II veteran, who died at age 96 in 2016, never had children, so the land was passed down to his niece, two great-nephews and his longtime employee.

— peter fimrite, SFChronicle.com, "Family’s legendary grove of old-growth redwoods preserved," 26 June 2018
His niece, Ronda Romney McDaniel, is the head of the Republican National Committee.

— annie linskey, BostonGlobe.com, "Mitt Romney wins GOP primary for Senate in Utah," 26 June 2018
Galván's surgery was originally scheduled for May 17, said Santos, who launched an online fundraiser to help pay for her niece’s funeral costs.

— sarah blaskey, sonia osorio and daniel chang, miamiherald, "She dreamed of getting plastic surgery in Miami. Three days later, she was dead.," 13 June 2018
Maren died May 24 at a San Diego nursing home, his niece, Stacy Michelle Barrington, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

— NBC News, "Last surviving 'Wizard of Oz' munchkin Jerry Maren dies," 7 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of niece

Middle English nece granddaughter, niece, from Anglo-French nece, niece, from Late Latin neptia, from Latin neptis; akin to Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew — more at nephew

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