"Neman" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈneɪmən/
Etymology: From Russian Не́ман (Néman), from Lithuanian Nemunas, of uncertain origin, possibly from an Old Lithuanian word meaning "damp, wet" (Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“wet”), sharing Ancient Greek νοτερός (noterós)), or from nemti (“to become silent”), or from Finnic niemi (“cape”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|Не́ман}} Russian Не́ман (Néman), {{der|en|lt|Nemunas}} Lithuanian Nemunas, {{der|en|olt|-}} Old Lithuanian, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ned-||wet}} Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“wet”), {{cog|grc|νοτερός}} Ancient Greek νοτερός (noterós), {{der|en|urj-fin|-}} Finnic Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Neman
  1. A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Belarus, Lithuania and Russia to the Baltic Sea. Categories (place): Places in Belarus, Places in Lithuania, Places in Russia, Rivers in Belarus, Rivers in Lithuania, Rivers in Russia Translations (river to the Baltic Sea): Нёман (Njóman) (Belarusian), Neemen (Estonian), Niémen [masculine] (French), Memel [feminine] (German), Nemuna (Latvian), Nẽmunas (Lithuanian), Niemen [masculine] (Polish), Не́ман (Néman) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Neman-en-name-NZJDm4od Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'river to the Baltic Sea': 99 1
  2. A town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Categories (place): Places in Kaliningrad Oblast, Places in Russia, Towns in Kaliningrad Oblast, Towns in Russia Translations (town in Kaliningrad Oblast): Нёман (Njóman) (Belarusian), Рагні́т (Rahnít) (Belarusian), Neman (Estonian), Ragnit (German), Ņemana (Latvian), Ragaĩnė (Lithuanian), Niemen [masculine] (Polish), Ragneta [feminine] (Polish), Не́ман (Néman) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Neman-en-name-VcxtqcKy Disambiguation of 'town in Kaliningrad Oblast': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Niemen

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.