English Explanatory Dictionary

Nixon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English surname transferred from the given name.
  2. Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America.
  3. A township in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States, named after early settlers George, William and Morris Nixon.
  4. A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, named in honor of George S. Nixon, Nevada senator.
noun
  1. A drug of low quality and low potency passed off as a powerful, pure drug.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɪk.sɪn/ /ˈnɪk.sən/ En-au-Nixon.ogg

Word forms

Nixon Nickson Nixson

Etymology

From Nick + -son, an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Nicholas".

Related words

Dixon Jaxon Nicholas Nick Nicks -son son

Derived words

it took Nixon to go to China Nixonesque Nixonette Nixon goes to China Nixonian Nixoniana Nixon in China Nixonism Nixonite Nixonomics Nixon shock Nixon to China only Nixon can go to China only Nixon could go to China

Translations

Albanian: Níkson-i Arabic: نِيكْسُون Armenian: Նիքսոն Azerbaijani: Nikson Belarusian: Ні́ксан Bulgarian: Ни́ксън Chinese Mandarin: 尼克松 Chinese Mandarin: 尼克森 Chinese Mandarin: 尼克遜 /尼克逊 Georgian: ნიქსონი Greek: Νίξον Hindi: निक्सन Japanese: ニクソン Korean: 닉슨 Persian: نیکسون Russian: Ни́ксон Thai: นิกสัน Ukrainian: Ні́ксон Vietnamese: Níchxơn
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