name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈneɪneɪ/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈneɪˌneɪ/
rhymes with -eɪneɪ
CMU ARPABET:N IY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A river that rises in Northamptonshire, England, and flows through Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire to the sea at The Wash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian nēnē, which is imitative of the bird’s call.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
