Nia

//njɑ(ː)˨// name, particle

name, particle ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Particle
  1. 1
    Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding. Singlish

    "Don’t so kiam siap can anot? That one only $3 nia."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of New Indo-Aryan. Indo-Aryan-linguistics, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A female given name.

    "Malika Harris places a candle down for her sister Nia Wilson at a makeshift memorial outside the MacArthur Bay Area Rapid Transit station, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Oakland."

  3. 3
    Initialism of National Institute on Aging. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms
new indo-aryanonly

Example

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"Romania is called "România" in Romanian."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 爾／尔 (niā, “only”).

Etymology 2

Short for Antonia.

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