Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nin

/nɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: nin
IPA: /nɪn/

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Affectionate name for a grandmother.

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noun

Initialism of national identification number.

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A town in Zadar, Croatia.

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A surname from Spanish or Catalan

Example Sentences

"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 of Lagos."

Etymology

Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Aenona, Nin

Inflected Forms

nins (plural)

Synonyms

nan nana nanna

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce nin?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɪn/.
What does nin mean?: Affectionate name for a grandmother.
Where does nin come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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