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nelson

/ˈnɛlsən/

nelson noun: a score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky.

Noun

nelson (plural nelsons)

  1. A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky.
  2. A wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arm is locked behind their back.

Proper noun capitalized: Nelson

Nelson (countable and uncountable, plural Nelsons)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • Africans of my generation - and even today - generally have both a Western and an African name. Whites were either unable or unwilling to pronounce an African name, and considered it uncivilized to have one. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this...1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
  3. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A small fishing town in Victoria, Australia.
  6. A city in British Columbia, Canada.
  7. A city and region of New Zealand, named after Horatio Nelson.
  8. A town and civil parish in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.
  9. A village and community in Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1195).
  10. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama.
  11. An unincorporated community in Butte County, California.
  12. A small city in Pickens County and Cherokee County, Georgia.
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  1. A village and township in Lee County, Illinois.
  2. A township in Cloud County, Kansas
  3. A township in Kent County, Michigan.
  4. A minor city in Douglas County, Minnesota.
  5. A minor city in Saline County, Missouri.
  6. A township in Watonwan County, Minnesota.
  7. A minor city, the county seat of Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
  8. A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
  9. A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
  10. A town in Madison County, New York.
  11. An unincorporated community in Durham County, North Carolina.
  12. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota
  13. A township in Portage County, Ohio.
  14. An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Oklahoma.
  15. A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania
  16. An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
  17. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
  18. A town and village therein, in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

nelson meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

nelson in Hindi

नेलसन, नेल्सन, नेल्सॉन

nelson in Tamil

நெல்சன், நெல்ஸன்

nelson in Marathi

नेलसन, नेल्सन, नेल्सॉन

nelson in Urdu

نیلسن
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nelson in Bengali
নেলসন
nelson in Telugu
నెల్సన్, నేల్సన్
nelson in Malayalam
നെൽസൺ, നേൽസൺ
nelson in Kannada
ನೆಲ್ಸನ್, ನೆಲ್ಸನ್ರವರು
nelson in Punjabi
ਨੈਲਸਨ, ਨੇਲਸਨ
nelson in Gujarati
નેલ્સન, નેલસન, નેલ્સોન
nelson in Odia
ନେଲସନ, ନେଲସନ୍, ନେଲ୍ସନ୍
nelson in Nepali
नेलसन, नेल्सन, नेल्सन्

Examples of nelson in a sentence

  • Nelson Mandela was an example for many to follow.
  • Nelson is planning to establish a trust fund that would serve as the basis of the DAO.
  • Nelson identifies as a cisqueer female and uses the Preferred Gender Pronouns (PGP) they, them and theirs.

All 13 example sentences with nelson

Forms of nelson

Noun
pluralnelsons
Proper noun
pluralNelsons

Plural of nelson: nelsons

Origin of nelson

Cricket sense: origin disputed; supposedly from the belief that Lord Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg. Wrestling sense: Back-formation from full nelson.

From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son. * In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".

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Questions about nelson

What does nelson mean?
Nelson means a score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky.
What is nelson in Hindi?
Nelson in Hindi is नेलसन, नेल्सन, नेल्सॉन. See Nelson meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is nelson?
Nelson can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nelson?
Nelson is pronounced /ˈnɛlsən/.
What is the plural of nelson?
The plural of nelson is nelsons.

Words near nelson in the dictionary

  1. Nelon
  2. Nelse
  3. Nelsen
  4. Nelsens
  5. Nelsin
  6. nelson
  7. Nelson Bay
  8. Nelson bighorn
  9. Nelson bighorns
  10. Nelson County
  11. Nelson Island

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nelson (page history and authors); Nelson (page history and authors); nelson (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nelson (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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