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Numskull

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• Nunatak

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  [nuh-ney-shuh n] /nʌˈneɪ ʃən/ noun, Arabic Grammar. 1. the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.

• Nunavut

  [noo-nuh-voot, noo-nuh-voot] /ˌnu nəˈvut, ˈnu nəˌvut/ noun 1. a territory in N Canada, formed in 1999 from part of the Northwest Territories, extending E from the Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and including most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 808,181 sq. mi. (2,093, 190 sq. km) Capital: Iqaluit. /ˈnuːnəˌvuːt/ noun 1. a territory of NW […]

• Nun-buoy

  [nuhn] /nʌn/ noun 1. a conical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker, especially on the starboard side of a channel entering from seaward. /nʌn/ noun 1. (nautical) a buoy, conical at the top, marking the right side of a channel leading into a harbour: green in British waters but red in US waters Compare […]

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