English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 153 of 488

ngakanoun

A traditional Sotho witch doctor.

Ngaleimaname

The ancient Meitei goddess of fish and aquatic life.

Ngaliwuruname

A Djamindjungan Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Victoria River area of northern Australia.

Nganname

A surname from Cantonese.

ngananoun

Obsolete spelling of nagana.

Nganganame

A surname from the Bantu languages.

Ngangbamname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

Nganglaname

A gewog of Zhemgang District, Bhutan.

Ngangomname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

Nganhweiname

Alternative form of Anhui.

Ngankinname

Alternative form of Anqing.

Nganningname

Dated form of Anning.

Nganu Leimaname

The ancient Meitei goddess of ducks and waterfowl.

ngapeenoun

Alternative form of ngapi.

ngapinoun

A pungent Burmese condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp paste.

Ngapuhiname

A member of a Maori people (or iwi) of the Northland region of New Zealand.

ngararanoun

Among the Maori, any of various real and mythological creatures of the lizard or crocodile type.

Ngareename

A female given name from the Indigenous Australian languages.

ngariname

A Meitei traditional food item made of ingredients such as fermented fish

Ngarinyinname

A Wororan Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in the Derby region of Western Australia.

Ngarrindjerinoun

A member of the Australian Aboriginal group native to the lower Murray River and Coorong area of Australia.

Ngarrkicadj

Of or belonging to a small language family of Central Australia, consisting of Warlmanpa and Warlpiri, and related to the neighbouring Ngumbin languages.

Ngaruawahianame

A town in the Waikato, New Zealand.

Ngasekpamname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

Ngasepamname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

Ngatshangname

A gewog of Mongar District, Bhutan.

Ngau Chi Wanname

An area of Wong Tai Sin district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Ngau Tau Kokname

An area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Ngauranganame

A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand, on Wellington Harbour north-east of the city.

Ngawaname

A Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, China.

ngawhanoun

A boiling spring.

ngayparticle

Used to question the listener

NGBnoun

Initialism of Nambu-Goldstone boson.

Ngehname

A surname from Eastern Min.

ngeowadj

Stingy, miserly

Ngerulmudname

The capital city of Palau in which the government offices are located.

Nghiemname

A surname from Vietnamese.

Nghệ Anname

A province of Vietnam.

nginanoun

The gorilla.

NGLphrase

Initialism of (I'm) not gonna lie: to tell the truth.

NGOnoun

Initialism of non-governmental organization.

NGO-isationnoun

The process by which a society is influenced by the arrival of non-governmental organizations.

NGO-izationnoun

Alternative spelling of NGO-isation.

NGOificationnoun

Synonym of NGO-isation.

ngomanoun

A large social dancing event in parts of Africa.

ngoninoun

A West African stringed instrument, shaped like a guitar.

NGRIadj

Initialism of not guilty by reason of insanity.

ngultrumnoun

The official currency of Bhutan, equal to 100 chetrums.

Nguninoun

The group of Southern African peoples comprising the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Mpondo and Ndebele nations.

ngurungaetanoun

A head man or tribal leader in certain Australian Aboriginal tribes in the Woiwurrung language group.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter N contains 24,391 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 488 pages, and you are currently viewing page 153. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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