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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of unlocked nucleic acid. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A female given name from Irish.

   "Who after that he had faire Una lorne, / Through light misdeeming of her loialtie, / And false Duessa in her sted had borne, […]"

2. 2
   A district of Himachal Pradesh, India.

Example

More examples

"Una and Nel have known each other since they were in Elementary School."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Anglicized form of Irish Úna. Doublet of Oona.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi ऊना (ūnā)

Related phrases

Una boat

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