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nau

/naʊ/

nau noun: synonym of carrack.

Noun

nau (plural naus)

  1. (historical) Synonym of carrack.
    • Bentley Duncan has even suggested that it was the prospect of trade rather than the doubtful facilities of the dockyard that persuaded so many naus to stop at Mozambique Island.2008, Liam Matthew Brockey, Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World
    Synonyms:
    carrack

Proper noun (1) capitalized: NAU

NAU

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Northern Arizona University.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of North American Union.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Nau

Nau (plural Naus)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of nau

Forms of nau

Noun
pluralnaus
Proper noun
pluralNaus

Origin of nau

From Portuguese nau. Doublet of nef and nave.

Words that rhyme with nau

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Questions about nau

What does nau mean?
Nau means synonym of carrack.
What part of speech is nau?
Nau can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nau?
Nau is pronounced /naʊ/.
What is the plural of nau?
The plural of nau is naus.

Words near nau in the dictionary

  1. naturotherapy
  2. natya
  3. natyf
  4. Natzke
  5. Natzkes
  6. nau
  7. Naubinway
  8. Naucalpan
  9. naucleri
  10. nauclerus
  11. naucorid

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