It was a fine afternoon for a siesta because it rained in torrents for the rest of the day and the patter of rain on nipa thatch is a soothing sound.
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Nipa
//ˈniːpə//
Synonyms for "nipa" (4 found)
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Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
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22 translations across 20 languages.
Bikol Central
1 entries- nipa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Burmese
1 entries- ဓနိ noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Cebuano
1 entries- nipa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Central Melanau
1 entries- nyipak noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Dupaningan Agta
1 entries- nipa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- nipa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Iban
1 entries- apong noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Ilocano
1 entries- nipa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Indonesian
1 entries- nipah noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Japanese
1 entries- ニッパヤシ noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Malay
1 entries- nipah noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Maranao
1 entries- nipa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Mon
1 entries- ကၞိ noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Portuguese
1 entries- nipa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Tagalog
3 entries- nipa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
- pawid noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
- sasa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Ternate
1 entries- bobo noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Thai
1 entries- จาก noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dừa nước noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- nipa noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- tuug noun (tree of the species Nypa fruticans)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.
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Once a staple of the Cocopa people, wild populations of nipa have been greatly reduced due to dams and other watershed disruptions.
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