Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native name of the orang-outang.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The orang-outang.
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Examples
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One of the principal reasons which induced me to come here was that it is the country of those most strange and interesting animals, the orang-utans, or "mias" of the Dyaks.
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant
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This also prevents them from being very industrious in seeking for the "mias," though I have offered a high price for full-grown animals.
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant
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(or "mias") of superior mind, and some of them traveled far to see him.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895
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Christmas season ..... gone, it's all gone, destroyed, thank you Ms. Regina Moore and Strike Force Freedom Cry, you ran a scam for money in the name of all our military, our veterans, our pow/mias, and you got rich.
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'Proseggizondas to taxidi mias gynaikas: Diamando Tsiaka Grizona' (Approaching one woman's journey: Diamando Tsiaka Grizona).
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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'8 Martiou: Scholio sto chroniko mias epeteiou' (8 March: A comment on the chronicle of an anniversary).
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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I Exegersi ton Kirion: I Yenesis mias Feministikis Sinidhisis stin Ellada 1833 – 1907 (The revolt of the ladies: The birth of a feminist consciousness in Greece).
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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No, amigas mias -- tal vez es una lastima, pero la vida es asi.
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Muy cara y respetadas amigas mias: hay muchas cosas de que se trata este humilde libro, pero su inspiracion viene de ustedes.
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Ella tiene sus opiniones y yo tengo las mias, pero eso no significa que yo no reconozca sus cualidades humanas y su inteligencia.
The Featherweight Café. Ann Althouse 2008
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