Meanings
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- InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of no idea.
- UKabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Northern Ireland.
Over 60% of NI people opposed to paying for water supply, survey reveals [title]
2023 August 22, “Over 60% of NI people opposed to paying for water supply, survey reveals”, in Belfast Telegraph, →ISSN1 more example
Campaigners say the Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater lake in the UK, which supplies nearly half of NI’s drinking water, is “dying in plain sight” because of vast algal blooms.
2023 October 13, Rory Carroll, “Northern Ireland: four key areas in crisis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - Lower Saxony, a federal state of Germany.
- UKabbreviationacronymuncountablebusinessAcronym of national insurance.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
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Origin
- Chinese郳
- EnglishNi
* (Chinese surname): Borrowed from Chinese 郳 (ní), 倪 or 妮 (nī).
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ni. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ni
“ni.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ni. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ni,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ni.
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