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< nival
Nivernais >
niv·e·ous
(n
v
-
s)
KEY
ADJECTIVE:
Resembling snow; snowy.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin
niveus
, from
nix
, niv-
,
snow
; see
sneig
w
h-
in Indo-European roots
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