Ness

专有名词
中文释义
发音 nĕs

英文释义

专有名词
  1. An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa. Irish,countable,uncountable
  2. A placename:; A suburban village in Neston parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3076). countable,uncountable
  3. A placename:; The northernmost area on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland. countable,uncountable
  4. A placename:; A short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Ness through Inverness to the Beauly Firth; in full, River Ness. countable,uncountable
  5. A placename:; Ellipsis of Ness City. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
  6. A placename:; Ellipsis of Ness County. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
  7. A surname. countable,uncountable

词形变化

Nesses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Girdle Ness Inverness Loch Ness nessberry Ness City Ness County Nessie
相关词
Great Ness Little Ness ness

词源

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”)).
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