Niven

name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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"Larry Niven's sci-fi franchise of Ringworld and Known Space stimulated my teenage years. Ringworld was a gigantic structure, a ribbon habitat that encircled a sun. I imagined, as I bicycled around my home of Lulu Island, that the terrain was part of Ringworld. Niven reinforced my belief that some aliens did not have humanoid shape."

Etymology

From the Scottish Gaelic variant of Nevin.

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Niven ring

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