nin
/nɪn/
nin noun: affectionate name for a grandmother.
Noun (1)
nin (plural nins)
- Affectionate name for a grandmother.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: NIN
NIN
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- Initialism of Nine Inch Nails, a US band.
Noun (2) capitalized: NIN
NIN (plural NINs)
- Initialism of national identification number.
- So far, only 56 million NINs have been collected by mobile operators, according to a federal government press release. […] Tamunowari Tetenta, a 20-year-old mechanical engineering student, says he has attempted to register for his NIN on nine different occasions in Port Harcourt, a city southeast...2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Nin
Nin
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Nin
Nin
- A surname from Spanish or Catalan
Synonyms of nin
Forms of nin
| plural | nins |
|---|---|
| plural | NINs |
Origin of nin
Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nin, from Latin Aenona.
From Spanish Nin, from Catalan Nin, from a variant form of nen (“child”).
Words that rhyme with nin
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- chin
- Flynn
- bin
- Quinn
- sin
- tin
- Bryn
- corinne
- inn
- din
- Finn
- grin
- kin
- lin
- linn
- unpin
- Benin
- min
- shin
- violin
- wherein
- within
- akin
- been
- begin
- brin
- chin-chin
- hin
- lyn
- mandolin
- whin
- zoom in
- agin
- agrin
- Arabian jasmine
- blin
- djinn
- Douyin
- edge in
- gimme some skin
- glyn
- herein
- jinn
- Karin
- kissing kin
- lecithin
- Nguyen
Questions about nin
- What does nin mean?
- Nin means affectionate name for a grandmother.
- What part of speech is nin?
- Nin can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce nin?
- Nin is pronounced /nɪn/.
- What is the plural of nin?
- The plural of nin is nins.
Words near nin in the dictionary
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