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hernani

hernani noun: a thin silk or woollen material for women's dresses.

Noun

hernani (countable and uncountable, plural hernanis)

  1. A thin silk or woollen material for women's dresses.
    • Hernani, silk and cotton […] Hernani, entirely of silk1837, Joseph Blunt, The Shipmaster's Assistant and Commercial Digest, page 661
    • A novelty this season is the wide mesh hernani in all colors; […]1870, Godey's Lady's Book, volumes 80-81, page 493

Proper noun capitalized: Hernani

Hernani

  1. A locality in the Armidale council area and the Clarence Valley council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A town and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain.

Forms of hernani

pluralhernanis

Origin of hernani

From the town of Hernani in Spain.

Questions about hernani

What does hernani mean?
Hernani means a thin silk or woollen material for women's dresses.
What part of speech is hernani?
Hernani can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hernani?
The plural of hernani is hernanis.

Words near hernani in the dictionary

  1. Hernandezs
  2. hernandiaceous
  3. Hernando
  4. Hernando County
  5. hernandulcin
  6. hernani
  7. hernanis
  8. Herndon
  9. Herndons
  10. Herne
  11. Herne and Broomfield

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