"Nun" meaning in English

See Nun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Hebrew. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|he|-}} Hebrew Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nun
  1. (very rare) A male given name from Hebrew Tags: rare Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, Biblical characters, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Nun-en-name-VPCEcz96 Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 90 10 Disambiguation of Individuals: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nun
  1. The languages of the Bamun people of western Cameroon.
    Sense id: en-Nun-en-name-NbqGICzY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for Nun meaning in English (2.6kB)

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