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2,287 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Nicole
proper noun
a female given name
Nicolescu
proper noun
a surname from Romanian
Nicolet-Yamaska
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
Nicolette
proper noun
a female given name, rare today
Nicoline
proper noun
a female given name, feminine diminutive form of Nicolas, rare today; diminutive form Coline
Nicoloque
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Nicolochus
Nicomaque
proper noun
Nicomachus (an Ancient Greek given name)
Nicopolis
proper noun
Nicopolis (ancient capital of the province of Epirus Vetus of the Roman Empire, in modern Greece)
Nicosie
proper noun
Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus; the capital city of Northern Cyprus)
Niculescu
proper noun
a surname from Romanian
Nicée
proper noun
Nicaea
Nidwald
proper noun
Nidwalden (a canton of Switzerland)
Niel
proper noun
a French surname, Niel
Nieuport
proper noun
a city and municipality of West Flanders, Belgium.
Niger
proper noun
Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Nigeria
proper noun
Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)
Nigérian
noun, masculine
Nigerian (resident or native of Nigeria)
Nigérien
noun, masculine
Nigerien (resident or native of Niger)
Nijni
proper noun
Nizhny Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia)
Nijni Novgorod
proper noun
Nizhny Novgorod (an oblast and federal subject of Russia); Nizhny Novgorod (the capital city of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia; the fourth-largest in the country by population)
Nijni-Novgorod
proper noun
alternative spelling of Nijni Novgorod:
Nikita
proper noun
a female given name; a settlement in Crimea, Ukraine; a transliteration of the Russian male given name Ники́та (Nikíta); a transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Нікі́та (Nikíta)
Nil
proper noun
Nile (a large river in Africa, usually considered to be the longest river in the world; its basin covers Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt, flowing north through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea)
Nilufar
proper noun
Nilufar: a female given name from Persian
Niman Katchina
proper noun
Niman Kachina (Hopi ceremony)
Nina
proper noun
a female given name
Nine
proper noun
a female given name; a diminutive of the female given name Aline
Ningbo
proper noun
Ningbo (a port city, prefecture-level city, and subprovincial city in eastern Zhejiang, China)
Ningbonais
noun, masculine
Ningbonese (resident or native of Ningbo)
Nini
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Virginie
Ninive
proper noun
Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)
Ninon
proper noun
a female given name
Niort
proper noun
Niort (commune in Deux-Sèvres, France)
Niortais
noun, masculine
resident or native of Niort
Nioué
proper noun
Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
Nippes
proper noun
Nippes (a department of Haiti; capital: Miragoâne), formerly the eastern part of Grand'Anse.
Nippon
noun, masculine
resident or native of Japan, Japanese person (male or of unspecified gender)
Nishimoto
proper noun
a surname from Japanese
Nishimura
proper noun
a surname from Japanese
Nismes
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Nîmes (city in Gard)
Nissia
proper noun
a female given name from Arabic
Nivernais
proper noun
A province of France, with its capital in Nevers.
Nivernais
noun, masculine
resident or native of Nièvre; resident or native of Nevers
Nizhnyaya Pesha
proper noun
Nizhnyaya Pesha (a village in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia)
Niçois
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of the city of Nice, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (usually male)
Nièvre
proper noun
Nièvre (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France); Nièvre (a right tributary of the Loire in the department of Nièvre in central France)
Noailhac
proper noun
Noailhac (a village in Tarn department, Occitania, France)
Noailles
proper noun
a neighborhood of Marseille, France; a commune of Corrèze department; a commune of Oise department; a commune of Tarn department
Nogent-le-Phaye
proper noun
Nogent-le-Phaye (a village in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Nohantais
noun, masculine
resident or native of Nohant-Vic
Noir
noun, masculine
black (person)
Nolwenn
proper noun
a female given name from Breton
Nombres
proper noun
Numbers
Nominingue
proper noun
a municipality of Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada
Nomura
proper noun
a surname from Japanese
Noranda
proper noun
a neighbourhood and former city in Rouyn-Noranda Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Norbert
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Norbert
Nord
proper noun
Nord (a department of Hauts-de-France, France)
Nord-Africain
noun, masculine/feminine
North African (resident or native of North Africa)
Nord-Caucasien
noun, masculine/feminine
North Caucasian (resident or native of North Caucasus)