Nene Definition

nānā
noun
A grayish-brown Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis) once nearly extinct.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A river that rises in Northamptonshire and flows to the sea at the Wash.

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Other Word Forms of Nene

Noun

Singular:
nene
Plural:
nenes

Origin of Nene

  • Hawaiian nēnē imitative of its cry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hawaiian nēnē.

    From Wiktionary

Nene Sentence Examples

  • It is picturesquely situated on an eminence, two sides of which are touched by the river Nene, which here makes a deep bend.

  • It lies on the declivity of a hill near the junction of the Ise with the Nene, in a pleasant well-wooded district.

  • It is pleasantly situated on high ground above the south bank of the river Nene.

  • Through the sandbanks which form its bed there are two main channels into deep water; one, Boston Deeps, is kept open by the waters of the Witham and Welland; the other, Lynn Deeps, gives passage to those of the Nene and the Great Ouse.

  • It lies in the midst of the flat fen country, on the old course of the river Nene.

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