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Nye

//naɪ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of New Year's Eve. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A surname from Middle English. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename; A village in Jönköping, Småland, Sweden. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Stillwater County, Montana, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename; A neighborhood of Laredo, Webb County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename; Ellipsis of Nye County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A brood or flock of pheasants.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), from Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.

Etymology 2

Topographic surname which derives from a misdivision of Middle English atten (“at the”) + ei (“island”) or æ (“river, waterway”).

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