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Nixon

/ˈnɪk.sɪn/

Nixon proper noun: an English surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Nixon

  1. An English surname transferred from the given name.
    1. Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America.
      • Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist.2024 August 8, Jonathan van Harmelen, “The Little-Known Group That Pioneered Watergate’s Dirty Tricks—and Changed American Politics”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024
  2. A township in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States, named after early settlers George, William and Morris Nixon.
  3. A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, named in honor of George S. Nixon, Nevada senator.

Noun

Nixon

  1. (slang, narcotics) A drug of low quality and low potency passed off as a powerful, pure drug.

Nixon meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Thai

Nixon in Hindi

surname
निक्सन niksan

Nixon in Arabic

surname
نِيكْسُون nīksūn

Nixon in Persian

surname
نیکسون nikson

Nixon in Thai

surname
นิกสัน ník-sǎn
More languagesFewer languages
Nixon in Vietnamese
Níchxơn

Forms of Nixon

alternative formNickson
alternative formNixson

Origin of Nixon

From Nick + -son, an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Nicholas".

Words formed from Nixon

Words that rhyme with Nixon

Questions about Nixon

What does Nixon mean?
Nixon means an English surname transferred from the given name.
What is Nixon in Hindi?
Nixon in Hindi is निक्सन (niksan). See Nixon meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Nixon?
Nixon can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Nixon?
Nixon is pronounced /ˈnɪk.sɪn/.

Words near Nixon in the dictionary

  1. nixie
  2. Nixie tube
  3. Nixie tubes
  4. nixies
  5. nixing
  6. Nixon
  7. Nixon goes to China
  8. Nixon in China
  9. Nixon shock
  10. Nixon to China
  11. Nixonesque

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