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neuk

/njuːk/

Sounds like nuke · Rhymes with -uːk

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See nook.

noun neuks

Northumbria, Scotland A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
Northumbria, Scotland A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.

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@misc{neuk_2026,
  title = {neuk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/neuk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}