"Neill" meaning in English

See Neill in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Neills [plural]
Etymology: Variant spelling of Neil, anglicised form of Goidelic/Irish Niall. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|cel-gae|-}} Goidelic, {{der|en|ga|Niall}} Irish Niall Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Neills}} Neill (plural Neills)
  1. A male given name from Irish, variant of Neil. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Neill-en-name-s~HPbaja Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54
  2. A surname from Irish or transferred from the given name, variant of Neil.
    Sense id: en-Neill-en-name-V1f8b6XK Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Naill [surname], Neeld [surname], Neild [surname] Derived forms: BNC, BNC connector, N, NC, NC connector, N connector, TNC, TNC connector

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "NC"
    },
    {
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "TNC"
    },
    {
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    }
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      "word": "Naill"
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        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Neeld"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Neild"
    }
  ],
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    "English terms derived from Irish",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "derived": [
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      "word": "BNC"
    },
    {
      "word": "BNC connector"
    },
    {
      "word": "N"
    },
    {
      "word": "NC"
    },
    {
      "word": "NC connector"
    },
    {
      "word": "N connector"
    },
    {
      "word": "TNC"
    },
    {
      "word": "TNC connector"
    }
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  ],
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      ],
      "word": "Naill"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Neeld"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Neild"
    }
  ],
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}

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