Ani
//ˈɑː.ni// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
- 2 plural of anus form-of, plural
- 3 Initialism of automatic number identification. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 4 black tropical American cuckoo wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 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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