nin

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/nɪn/

noun

Affectionate name for a grandmother.

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nannanananna
OriginProto-Celtic *nana →
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Meanings

nin1

nounnin (plural nins)

plural nins

  1. dialectalLiverpoolAffectionate name for a grandmother.

    Synonyms: nan, nana, nanna

NIN2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Institute of Nutrition, an Institute in India.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, an Institute in Netherlands.
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Nine Inch Nails, a US band.
nounNIN (plural NINs)

plural NINs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of national identification number.
    1 more example

    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 Lagos.

    2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021

Nin3

proper noun
  1. A town in Zadar, Croatia.

Nin4

proper noun
  1. A surname from Spanish or Catalan

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAffectionate name for a grandmother.

Similar
nannanananna

Origin

nin · noun

  1. Proto-Celtic*nana“grandmother”
  2. Englishnin

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

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Nin · proper noun

  1. LatinAenona
  2. Serbo-CroatianNin
  3. EnglishNin

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nin, from Latin Aenona.

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Nin · proper noun

  1. CatalanNin
  2. SpanishNin
  3. EnglishNin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nin

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Anagrams

inn
Cite this entry
APA

nin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nin

MLA

“nin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nin.

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