Nina
English
Etymology
Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, apparently from several sources. Many borrowings are of Russian Ни́на (Nína), the name of a Georgian fourth-century saint, also known as Nino, of obscure origin and meaning, possibly connected with the Assyrian king Ninus. Others are of an Italian short form of diminutives like Annina from Anna and Giovannina from Giovanna.
Phonologically or orthographically similar names are present in several languages, including Afrikaans, Hindi, Italian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and some Native American languages. In many of those, it is a nickname for names ending in -ina or -nina.
(hidden message in crossword): After Nina Hirschfeld, daughter of American caricaturist Al Hirschfeld; her name was often concealed in his drawings.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈniːnə/
Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːnə
Proper noun
Nina
- A female given name in continuous use since the 19th century.
- 1990, Sue Miller, Family Pictures, Harper & Row, →ISBN, pages 5, 25:
- The first three, Macklin, Lydia, and Randall, were the special ones. Even those names, we thought, showed greater imagination, greater involvement on our parents' part, than ours did: Nina, Mary, Sarah. Clearly by that time they had run out of gas.
"Nina. Such a pretty, old-fashioned name. I hope you don't mind my saying that." "No; I'm glad you think so."
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- The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep, daughter of Ea.
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Translations
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Noun
Nina (plural Ninas)
- A hidden message in a cryptic crossword, revealed when the solution has been filled in.
- 2013, Alan Connor, Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword:
- Ninas are also a way for setters to flex their muscles.
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɲɪna]
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish
Faroese
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Nina: Ninuson
- daughter of Nina: Ninudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Nina |
Accusative | Ninu |
Dative | Ninu |
Genitive | Ninu |
Finnish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈni(ː)nɑ/, [ˈni(ː)nɑ]
- Rhymes: -inɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ni‧na
Declension
Inflection of Nina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Nina | Ninat | ||
genitive | Ninan | Ninojen | ||
partitive | Ninaa | Ninoja | ||
illative | Ninaan | Ninoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Nina | Ninat | ||
accusative | nom. | Nina | Ninat | |
gen. | Ninan | |||
genitive | Ninan | Ninojen Ninainrare | ||
partitive | Ninaa | Ninoja | ||
inessive | Ninassa | Ninoissa | ||
elative | Ninasta | Ninoista | ||
illative | Ninaan | Ninoihin | ||
adessive | Ninalla | Ninoilla | ||
ablative | Ninalta | Ninoilta | ||
allative | Ninalle | Ninoille | ||
essive | Ninana | Ninoina | ||
translative | Ninaksi | Ninoiksi | ||
instructive | — | Ninoin | ||
abessive | Ninatta | Ninoitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.na/
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈniːna]
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ni‧na
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Ни́на (Nína).
Proper noun
Nina f
- a female given name
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Ни́на (Nína).
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Norwegian
Polish
Etymology
Uncertain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɲi.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: Ni‧na
Declension
Portuguese
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɲina/
Proper noun
Nina f (genitive singular Niny, nominative plural Niny, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name
Declension
Further reading
- Nina in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk