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Meaning of nun

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

nun

Pronunciation:/nʌn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (specifically) those living together in a cloister.

    Synonyms:monialesistersistren
    Antonyms:brotherfraterfriarmonk

  2. (by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.

  3. A prostitute.

  4. A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nun

nun

Pronunciation:/nuːn/

noun

Definitions

  1. The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nun

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