name · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɪnz/
rhymes with -ɪnz
homophone: inns
CMU ARPABET:IH1 N Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AY1 EH1 N EH1 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
Initialism of Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract