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nin¹

  • /nɪn/

Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

noun nins

  1. dialectal Affectionate name for a grandmother.

    Similar: nan, nana, nanna

NIN²

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Institute of Nutrition, an Institute in India.
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, an Institute in Netherlands.
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Nine Inch Nails, a US band.

noun NINs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of national identification number So far, only 56 million NINs have been collected by mobile operators, according to a federal government press release. […] Tamunowari Tetenta, a 20-year-old mechanical engineering student, says he has attempted to register for his NIN on nine different occasions in Port Harcourt, a city southeast of

Nin³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nin, from Latin Aenona.

proper noun

  1. A town in Zadar, Croatia.

Nin⁴

Where it comes from

From Spanish Nin, from Catalan Nin, from a variant form of nen (“child”).

proper noun

  1. A surname from Spanish or Catalan

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"nin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

nin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nin

Chicago

"nin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nin.

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@misc{nin_2026,
  title = {nin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}