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Spanish Loanwords | N

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Letter N: Displaying 21 - 29 of 29

novenario.

the novenary (a loanword from Spanish); nine days of condolences for the deceased; public worship offered for nine days; a Catholic religious tradition (see translations of Zapata y Mendoza)

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noventa.

Orthographic Variants: 
nofenta

ninety (see Vidas y bienes)

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novicio.

a novice
(a loanword from Spanish)

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noviembre.

Orthographic Variants: 
nuvienbre, nobienbre, nobiebre, noviepre, nobieper, nouiemper, nubiepre

November
(a loanword from Spanish)

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novillo.

Orthographic Variants: 
nobillo, nobilyos, nohuilo, nohuilos, nouilos

a young male steer, a young bull (a loanword from Spanish)

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nuestro.

our
(a loanword from Spanish)

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Nueva España.

Orthographic Variants: 
nohueba Sepania, iancujc españa

New Spain; name of a Spanish jurisdiction embracing much of present-day Mexico
The Tlaxcalan Actas: A Compendium of the Records of the Cabildo of Tlaxcala (1545-1627), eds. James Lockhart, Frances Berdan, and Arthur J.O. Anderson (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1986), 153.

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nuevo.

new, New [Spain]
(a loanword from Spanish)

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nuez.

nut, often a walnut; or, nut tree
(a loanword from Spanish)

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