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1. (n.) nun
a woman who is a member of a religious order, esp. one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
2. (n.) nun
the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Etymology: (1875–80; < Heb nūn lit., fish)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) nun
a woman religious
2. (noun) conical buoy, nun, nun buoy
a buoy resembling a cone
3. (noun) nun
the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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1. (noun) nun
a woman who dedicates her life to God, and lives with other women who do the same
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nun
a woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
2. (noun) nun
a white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head
3. (noun) nun
the smew
4. (noun) nun
the European blue titmouse
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Sense: a member of a female religious community.
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 Afrikaans: non |
 Arabic: راهِبَه |
 Bulgarian: монахиня |
 Brazilian: freira |
 Czech: jeptiška |
 German: die Nonne |
 Danish: nonne |
 Greek: καλόγρια |
 Spanish: monja, religiosa |
 Estonian: nunn |
 Farsi: راهبه |
 Finnish: nunna |
 French: religieuse |
 Hebrew: נְזִירָה |
 Hindi: सन्यासिन, बैरागिन |
 Croatian: opatica, koludrica |
 Hungarian: apáca |
 Indonesian: suster |
 Icelandic: nunna |
 Italian: suora, monaca |
 Japanese: 尼 |
 Korean: 수녀 |
 Lithuanian: vienuolė |
 Latvian: mūķene |
 Malay: biarawati |
 Dutch: nou |
 Norwegian: nonne |
 Polish: zakonnica |
 Persian: راهبه |
 Pashto: راهبه |
 Portuguese: freira |
 Romanian: călugăriţă |
 Russian: монахиня |
 Slovak: mníška |
 Slovenian: nuna |
 Serbian: kaluđerica |
 Swedish: nunna |
 Thai: นางชี |
 Turkish: rahibe |
 Taiwanese: 尼姑, 修女 |
 Ukrainian: черниця, монахиня |
 Urdu: راہبہ |
 Vietnamese: ni cô |
 Chinese: 尼姑，修女 |
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