English Words: N

24,391 words · Page 488 of 488

Nyunganoun

An indigenous people of southwestern Australia.

Nyunganadj

Of or relating to the Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in the southwestern region of Western Australia.

Nyuunganame

Alternative spelling of Nyunga.

Nyxname

The primordial goddess of night.

Nyêmoname

A county of Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, China.

Nyírtassname

A village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary.

NZnoun

Initialism of new zaïre.

Nzadiname

A people, who live on the Kasai River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

NZAFLnoun

Alternative form of AFLNZ.

NZernoun

A citizen or resident of New Zealand; a New Zealander

nzimbunoun

The shell of Olivella nana, used as currency.

Náchodname

A town and district of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.

Náʔëlname

A female given name from Chipewyan.

nævenoun

Obsolete form of naeve.

nécessairenoun

Alternative spelling of necessaire.

Néel temperaturenoun

The temperature above which a material undergoes a phase transition and becomes paramagnetic.

Néel wallnoun

A narrow transition region between magnetic domains, such that the magnetization smoothly rotates from the direction of magnetization within the first domain to the direction of magnetization within the second.

négligéeadj

Carelessly or unceremoniously dressed.

Néracname

A city in Lot-et-Garonne department, France.

nêhinawêwinname

Cree (language)

Nîmesname

A city, the capital of Gard department, Occitania, southern France, formerly in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.

Nösnerlandname

A historical region of northeastern Transylvania (in present-day Romania) settled from the 12th century onwards by Transylvanian Saxons.

Nørrebroname

An area of Denmark.

Nørresundbyname

A city in Aalborg Municipality north of the Limfjord, Denmark.

Nüshuname

A syllabic script which was used exclusively among the ethnic Yao women of Jiangyong, Hunan, China, from the 9th century, used to write the Xiangnan Tuhua lect of Chinese, which mostly fell out of use during the 20th century.

Nüwaname

a goddess who repaired heaven and created the Earth

Nāradaname

A divine sage who plays a prominent role in a number of the Puranic texts, especially in the Bhagavata Purana.

Nāṣirismnoun

Alternative form of Nasserism.

Nădragname

A commune, village, and river in Timiș County, Romania.

Năeniname

A village and commune of Buzău County, Romania.

Nămoloasaname

A village and commune of Galați County, Romania.

Năpradeaname

A village and commune of Sălaj County, Romania.

Nărujaname

A river in Vrancea, Romania, tributary to the Zăbala.

Nēhiyawēwinname

Synonym of Cree (“language”).

nīhithawīwinname

Cree (language)

Nłeʔkepmxnoun

Synonym of Thompson (people)

Nłeʔkepmxcínname

Synonym of Thompson (Salish language)

noun

Alternative form of noh.

Nǀuuname

A dialect of the Nǁng language spoken in South Africa, sometimes also used for the language as a whole.

nʕaylintnname

Large ridge of rock, made of gneiss, located south of Vaseux Lake between Okanagan Falls and Oliver in British Columbia, Canada.

n̓səl̓xcin̓name

Synonym of Okanagan (Salish language)

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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 488. 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.

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