Meaning

3 senses
  1. An aunt on one's mother's side of the family, including both

    A sister of one's mother.

    Tante mütterlicherseits

    тётяtjótja, тётя по ма́териtjótja po máteri, тётя по матери́нской ли́нииtjótja po materínskoj línii

  2. A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle.

  3. A similar great aunt, etc.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. My maternal aunt brought me up after my parents died in a plane crash.

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  2. This is my maternal aunt.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one's mother's sister:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one's mother's sister:
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