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EWE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Female sheep
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ewe" is a kind of...):
sheep (woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat)
Meronyms (parts of "ewe"):
bag; udder (mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Ewe" is a kind of...):
Kwa (a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ewe" is a kind of...):
African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
Holonyms ("Ewe" is a member of...):
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)
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