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Nechtan

/nɛx.tæn/

Nechtan proper noun: a male given name from Pictish.

Proper noun

Nechtan

  1. (rare) A male given name from Pictish.
    • One of the Druids took him to see Nechtan, as one of Nechtan’s roles was to check newcomers’ suitability for entrance to the College.2007, William Clinkenbeard, Writers at Bay: A Collection of Short Stories, →ISBN, page 183

Origin of Nechtan

Ultimately from the Pictish ᚅᚓᚆᚆᚈᚑᚅᚅ (nehhtonn).

Questions about Nechtan

What does Nechtan mean?
Nechtan means a male given name from Pictish.
What part of speech is Nechtan?
Nechtan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nechtan?
Nechtan is pronounced /nɛx.tæn/.

Words near Nechtan in the dictionary

  1. Nechayev
  2. Neche
  3. Nechells
  4. Nechepurenko
  5. Neches
  6. Nechtan
  7. necitumumab
  8. neck
  9. neck and crop
  10. neck and heels
  11. neck and neck

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