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ness

UK/nɛs/ US/ˈnɛs/ fairly common

noun

1.

a strip of land projecting into a body of water

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Origin

Named after the River Ness, of Proto-Brythonic/Pictish origin, from a Proto-Celtic word *Nesta describing great currents, according to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the river Νέστος (Néstos), possibly *ned- (“water”) (cf. German nass (“wet”)).

Phrases

  • Girdle Ness
  • Great Ness
  • Little Ness
  • Loch Ness
  • Ness City
  • Ness County

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