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pais¹

  • /ˈpeɪ/

Sounds like pay

Where it comes from

From Old French, equivalent to French pays (“country”).

noun

  1. obsolete, uncountable, in set phrases as mentioned below The country (ie: the jury); also, the people living in the district from where the jury is taken.

Pais²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Pais.

proper noun Paises

  1. A surname.

PAIS³

noun PAISs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of partial androgen insensitivity syndrome
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of post-acute infection syndrome
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of politics and international studies

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"pais." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pais. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pais. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pais

Chicago

"pais." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pais.

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@misc{pais_2026,
  title = {pais},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pais},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}