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NUNNATION

Definition: NUNNATION

NUNNATION

Noun

1. The pronunciation of n at the end of words.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Nunnation \Nun*na"tion\, noun. [From nun, the Arabic name of the letter n: compare to New Latin nunnatio, French nunnation.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: NUNNATION

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Language

Confusion of tongues, Babel, pasigraphie; pantomime; (signs); onomatopoeia; betacism, mimmation, myatism, nunnation; pasigraphy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Rhyming with "NUNNATION"

Words rhyming with "NUNNATION" (pronounced 'Nun*na"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: NUNNATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-n-n-n-n-o-t-u"

-3 letters: anoint, nation, tannin.

-4 letters: anion, ninon, niton, union.

-5 letters: anon, anti, aunt, auto, into, iota, naoi, nona, nota, noun, tain, tuna, unai, unit, unto.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-n-n-n-n-o-t-u"
 

+2 letters: nonruminant.

 

+3 letters: annunciation, nonruminants.

 

+4 letters: annunciations, countenancing, nonfunctional, unintentional.

 

+5 letters: unconventional.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: NUNNATION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 55 4E 4E 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    ..-    -.    -.    .-    -    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01010101 01001110 01001110 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#85 &#78 &#78 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0055 004E 004E 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

485548483554434948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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