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Added 7 October 2026

nun

/nʌn/ symbol

In Latin: nonna, monacha Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Anong.

noun

A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, those living together in a cloister.
A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
a Buddhist nun
A prostitute.

noun

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

pronoun

Pronunciation spelling of nothing.

Origin

From Middle English nonne, nunne, from Old English nunne (“nun”), from Late Latin nonna (“nun, tutor”), originally (along with masculine form nonnus (“man”)) a term of address for elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana, like papa etc. Doublet of nonna.

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