English Explanatory Dictionary

nene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
name
  1. A river that rises in Northamptonshire, England, and flows through Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire to the sea at The Wash.

Pronunciation

/ˈneɪneɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nene.wav /ˈneɪˌneɪ/

Word forms

nene nenes nēnē

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian nēnē, which is imitative of the bird’s call.

Synonyms

Hawaiian goose nēnē goose
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on N Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary