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Noun: nun  nún
  1. A woman religious
    - sister
     
  2. A buoy resembling a cone
    - conical buoy, nun buoy
     
  3. The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Sounds like: Nome, gnome

Derived forms: nuns

Type of: alphabetic character, buoy, letter, letter of the alphabet, religious

Part of: Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script

Encyclopedia: Nun, liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit

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