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Novy

Novy noun: a person from Nova Scotia.

Noun

Novy (plural Novies)

  1. (slang) A person from Nova Scotia.
    • "Shrimp! Gloucester shrimp! Git aout^([sic]), you Novy!"
      To call a Gloucester man a Nova Scotian is not well received. Dan answered in kind.1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC

Proper noun

Novy (plural Novys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Novy

Noun
pluralNovies
Proper noun
pluralNovys

Questions about Novy

What does Novy mean?
Novy means a person from Nova Scotia.
What part of speech is Novy?
Novy can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Novy?
The plural of Novy is Novies.

Words near Novy in the dictionary

  1. novum
  2. novums
  3. novus actus interveniens
  4. Novus Ordo
  5. novuss
  6. Novy
  7. Novyi Buh
  8. Novyi Kalyniv
  9. Novyi Rozdil
  10. Novyi Vytkiv
  11. Novys

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