Associations to the word «Nun»

Pictures for the word «Nun»

Wiktionary

NUN, noun. A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, in some cases living together in a cloister.
NUN, noun. By extension, member of a similar female community in other confessions.
NUN, noun. The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
NUN, proper noun. (very rare) A male given name
NUN, proper noun. The languages of the Bamun people of western Cameroon.
NUN MOTH, noun. Black arched moth

Dictionary definition

NUN, noun. A woman religious.
NUN, noun. A buoy resembling a cone.
NUN, noun. The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats