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Nass

Nass is the alternative form of Ness.

Meaning of Ness

Proper noun

Ness (countable and uncountable, plural Nesses)

  1. (Irish) An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa.
  2. A suburban village in Neston parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3076).
  3. The northernmost area on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland.
  4. A short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Ness through Inverness to the Beauly Firth; in full, River Ness.
  5. A surname.

See all 6 meanings of ness

Proper noun

Nass

  1. A river in British Columbia.

Origin of Nass

From Tlingit naas (“intestine”).

Questions about Nass

What does Nass mean?
Nass means a river in British Columbia.
What is Nass the alternative form of?
Nass is the alternative form of Ness.
What part of speech is Nass?
Nass is a proper noun.

Words near Nass in the dictionary

  1. Nasrid
  2. Nasrids
  3. nasris
  4. nasrol
  5. Nasrs
  6. Nass
  7. Nassar
  8. nassariid
  9. nassariids
  10. Nassars
  11. Nassau

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nass (page history and authors); Ness (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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