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Nin

//nɪn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of National Institute of Nutrition, an Institute in India. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A town in Zadar, Croatia.
  3. 3
    A surname from Spanish or Catalan
  4. 4
    Initialism of Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, an Institute in Netherlands. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Initialism of Nine Inch Nails, a US band. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Affectionate name for a grandmother. dialectal
  2. 2
    Initialism of national identification number. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nin, from Latin Aenona.

Etymology 3

From Spanish Nin, from Catalan Nin, from a variant form of nen (“child”).

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