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N - The 14th letter of many Semitic alphabets;

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: N - The 14th letter of many Semitic alphabets; . Used as a noun, listen here, it means: N - A woman who had taken vows to commit to a religious order.

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Usage examples (2)
  • She was wearing her woollen Scottish gown, the one Sabin privately called her 'nun's weeds'.
  • But that wouldn't give me any idea what kind of nun-chuck skills he might or might not have.
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  • ''nun" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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