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Nissan
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nissan
English
Etymology 1
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en ja - 日産 ^にっさん Nissan, an abbreviation of ja ja:w:日産コンツェルン 日本産業 Japan Industries Nihon Sangyō.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɪsæn/ RP
en /ˈniːsɑːn/ GA
en /ˈnɪsən/ AuE
en Pronunciation of Nissan (AusEng).ogg AU!Australia
Proper noun
A Japanese car manufacturer.
1988-11-07 w:Steven Greenhouse English-Made Nissans at Center of Trade Fight https://web.archive.org/web/20150525083211/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/07/business/english-made-nissans-at-center-of-trade-fight.html The Bluebird dispute is being watched closely in Europe and overseas because the 2,000-employee Nissan plant at Sunderland, England, near Newcastle, represents the largest direct investment by the Japanese in Europe.
Noun
A car of the Japanese Nissan brand.
1988-11-07 w:Steven Greenhouse English-Made Nissans at Center of Trade Fight https://web.archive.org/web/20150525083211/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/07/business/english-made-nissans-at-center-of-trade-fight.html Angry Japanese and British officials say foreign investors will be scared away from Europe unless France and Italy ease tough regulations that treat English-made Nissans as Japanese cars, subjecting them to strict import quotas.
1991-02-03 w:Associated Press Jaguar in the Lead, but Nissans and Porsches Close at Daytona https://web.archive.org/web/20250827051652/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-03-sp-786-story.html A Jaguar and two Nissans battled into the early morning hours in the closely contested Daytona 24 Hours, with a group of Porsches still within reach of the leaders.
2022-10-22 Sean O’Grady Nissan Ariya: All-new, all-wonderful, all-electric https://web.archive.org/web/20221022014143/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/nissan-ariya-electric-suv-review-b2207649.html Like other Nissans, the Ariya gets the excellent ProPilot system for cruise control and part-autonomous driving – far less fiddly than the set-up of some of its competitors.
Further reading
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en Nisan the Hebrew month.
en Hebrew.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Nissan is the 33379th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 684 individuals. Nissan is most common among White (91.72%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en ainnss nisnas
Japanese
Romanization
にっさん
en Automobiles