Nissan
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A car of the Japanese Nissan brand.
"Angry Japanese and British officials say foreign investors will be scared away from Europe unless France and Italy ease tough regulations that treat English-made Nissans as Japanese cars, subjecting them to strict import quotas."
- 2 the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April) wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A Japanese car manufacturer.
"The Bluebird dispute is being watched closely in Europe and overseas because the 2,000-employee Nissan plant at Sunderland, England, near Newcastle, represents the largest direct investment by the Japanese in Europe."
- 2 Alternative form of Nisan (“the Hebrew month”). alt-of, alternative
- 3 A surname from Hebrew.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"I had a Nissan before this one."
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 日産(にっさん) (Nissan, “Nissan”), an abbreviation of 日本産業 (Nihon Sangyō, literally “Japan Industries”).