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anis

anis is the plural of ani.

Meaning of ani

Noun

ani (plural anis)

  1. Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.

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Proper noun capitalized: Anis

Anis (plural Anises)

  1. A surname from Arabic.

Forms of anis

pluralAnises

Origin of anis

Borrowed from Arabic أنيس (ʔanīs, “close friend”).

Questions about anis

What does anis mean?
Anis means a surname from Arabic.
What is anis the plural of?
Anis is the plural of ani.
What part of speech is anis?
Anis is a proper noun.

Words near anis in the dictionary

  1. aniridic
  2. anirolac
  3. Aniruddh
  4. Aniruddha
  5. Anirvan
  6. anis
  7. anisakiasis
  8. anisakid
  9. anisakidosis
  10. anisakids
  11. anisaldehyde

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anis (page history and authors); Anis (page history and authors); ani (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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