name
Meaning 1
A barangay of Calubian, Leyte, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
NIPA
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈniːpə/
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/ˈnaɪpə/
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/ˈniːpɑ/
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name
Meaning 2
A barangay of Daram, Samar, Philippines.
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name
Meaning 3
A barangay of Palanas, Masbate, Philippines.
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noun
Meaning 4
Initialism of National Income and Product Accounts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 5
A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: nipa grass
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noun
Meaning 9
made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant
noun
Meaning 10
monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Nipa, Nypa, genus Nypa
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Broader terms: monocot genus, liliopsid genus
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay nipah.
From Cocopa ɲipa.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dupaningan Agta: nipa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- West Coast Bajau: tuug — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Central Bikol: nipa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Burmese: ဓနိ (dha.ni.) — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Cebuano: nipa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Hiligaynon: nipa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Iban: apong — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Ilocano: nipa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Indonesian: nipah — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Japanese: ニッパヤシ (nippa-yashi) — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Malay: nipah — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Maranao: nipa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Central Melanau: nyipak — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Mon: ကၞိ (kni) — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Portuguese: nipa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Tagalog: nipa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Tagalog: sasa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Tagalog: pawid — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Ternate: bobo — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Thai: จาก (jàak) — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Vietnamese: dừa nước — tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Waray-Waray: nipa — tree of the species Nypa fruticans