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Definitions for Nun

[1] a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
[2] any of various birds, especially a domestic variety of pigeon.
[3] the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
[4] the consonant sound represented by this letter.
[5] the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
[6] oldest of the ancient Egyptian gods, personifying the primordial ocean from which the world was formed; father of Ra, the sun god.
[7] a major channel of the Niger River, in W Africa.
[8] a female member of a religious order
[9] (sometimes capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon usually having a black-and-white plumage with a ridged peak or cowl of short white feathers
[10] the 14th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (נ or, at the end of a word, ן), transliterated as n

Words related to Nun

sister, vestal, anchorite, prioress, postulant, abbess, canoness

Words nearby Nun

nummulite, nummulitic limestone, numnah, numpty, numskull, nun, nun buoy, nun river, nun's cloth, nun's fiddle, nun's veiling

Origin of Nun

ūnFrom Arabic; see origin at nun2, nu1

Other words from Nun

nun·like , adjective

Word origin for Nun

Old English nunne, from Church Latin nonna, from Late Latin: form of address used for an elderly woman

Synonyms for Nun

sister, abbess, anchorite, postulant, prioress, vestal, canoness, mother superior, religious woman