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neve

noun
/niːv/

Etymology

* As an English, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish surname, from a descendant of Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”). * As a French surname, from the placename En Nève, from En ève (“in water”), corresponding to modern en eau. * As an Italian, Portuguese, and Galician surname, from or related to neve (“snow”).

  1. derived from *nefô✻ — “nephew”

Definitions

  1. Nephew.

  2. A male cousin.

    • Still another passenger on the same ship was Gysbert Philips from Velthuysen, 24 years old, a "neve" ( nephew or cousin) of Cornelia Wynkoop.

  3. A grandson.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A spendthrift.

    2. A surname from Middle English.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA