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Nessie
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nessie
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɛsi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nessie.wav Southern England
en ɛsi 2
Etymology 1
en :af Ness -ie<id:diminutive> + 1
Proper noun
s
en informal cryptozoology The Loch Ness monster.
en 2002 The Case for the Loch Ness 'Monster': The Scientific Evidence Henry H. B. Auer Journal of Scientific Exploration 16 2 225–246 That flurry of activity had been set off by a magisterial book (Whyte, 1957), reinforced by Dinsdale’s filming of a Nessie (Dinsdale, 1961) and culminating in successful underwater photography (Rines et al., 1976) by the Academy of Applied Science (AAS). Nessies were assigned the taxonomic identity Nessiteras rhombopteryx (Anonymous, 1975).
1 17 Scottish Independence And if it comes down to just one vote, we all know who will be called upon to break that tie. Go with your gut, Nessie. You do you, Nessie, you do you.
Translations
nickname for the Loch Ness monster
Czech: cs Lochnesská příšera f, cs Lochneska f, cs Nessie f
Danish: da Nessie
French: fr Nessie f
German: de Nessie
Japanese: ja ネッシー Nesshī
Polish: pl Nessie f
Russian: ru Не́сси f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Niseag f
Etymology 2
Suffixed with en -ie diminutive, compare en Neddie and en Nellie, respectively from en Edward and en Eleanor
Proper noun
s
en female Agnes.
Translations
female given name
French: fr Nessie f
Polish: pl Aga f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Niseag f
Anagrams
en eeinss Essien Neises Neisse Nieses Sinese in esse insees sees in seines sensei
en terms derived from toponyms
en Scotland
German
Proper noun
de proper noun
de cryptozoology Nessie
References
de Ungeheuer von Loch Ness
Scots
Proper noun
sco cryptozoology Nessie.
References
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