Nina

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Translations 2 Czech 2.1 Proper noun 3 Danish 3.1 Proper noun 4 Finnish 4.1 Proper noun 5 French 5.1 Proper noun 6 German 6.1 Proper noun 7 Norwegian 7.1 Proper noun 8 Swedish 8.1 Proper noun

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Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, mostly from Russian: a full formal name of a Georgian fourth century saint, also known as Nino, of obscure origin and meaning, possibly connected with the Assyrian king Ninus; and from Italian: a short form of diminutives like Annina from Anna and Giovannina from Giovanna.

• The name Nina is present in several languages, including Afrikaans, Hindi, Italian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and some Native American languages. It is often used as a nickname for names ending in -ina or -nina.

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• IPA: /ˈniːˌnə/

  Rhymes: -iːnə

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Singular Nina

Plural -

Nina

1. A female given name in regular use since the 19th century.
2. The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.

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Nina f.

1. A female given name, cognate to Nina.

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Nina

1. A female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

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Nina (stem Nin-^*)

1. A female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s; of mostly Russian origin. Variant: Niina.

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Nina

1. A female given name associated with Ninette and Ninon, French pet forms of Jeannine, Jeanne.

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Nina

1. A female given name popular since the 1980s.

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Nina

1. A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.

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Nina

1. A female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.