Nye
//naɪ// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A brood or flock of pheasants.
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of New Year's Eve. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 A surname from Middle English. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename; A village in Jönköping, Småland, Sweden. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename; An unincorporated community in Stillwater County, Montana, United States. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename; An unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename; A neighborhood of Laredo, Webb County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename; An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename; An unincorporated community in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename; Ellipsis of Nye County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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Etymology 1
Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), from Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.
Etymology 2
Topographic surname which derives from a misdivision of Middle English atten (“at the”) + ei (“island”) or æ (“river, waterway”).
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