Lois
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Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek Λωΐς, of obscure meaning.
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Proper noun [edit]
Lois
- (biblical) The grandmother of Timothy.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[1]: 2 Timothy 1: 5:
- When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[1]: 2 Timothy 1: 5:
- A female given name of biblical origin.
- 1962 V.S.Naipaul: The Middle Passage: p.48:
- Modernity might also lie in a name like Lois - pronounced Loys in Trinidad - which came to the island in the 1940s through Lois Lane, the heroine of the American Superman comic strip.
- 1962 V.S.Naipaul: The Middle Passage: p.48:
Translations [edit]
female given name
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