Ani

//ˈɑː.ni// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
  2. 2
    plural of anus form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Initialism of automatic number identification. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    black tropical American cuckoo wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    a ruined medieval Armenian city-site in the Turkish province of Kars near the border with Armenia.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.

Etymology 2

From Armenian Անի (Ani).

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