Nipa Definition

nēpə
noun
An Asian palm tree (Nipa fruticans) with large bunches of edible fruit and with feathery leaves used in thatching.
Webster's New World
Thatch or fruit from the nipa.
Webster's New World
A liquor made from its sap.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Nypa
  • Nypa
  • genus Nipa
abbreviation
National Income and Product Accounts.
Wiktionary
See also: nipa.
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Origin of Nipa

  • New Latin from Malay nipah

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

Nipa Sentence Examples

  • Nipa, made from the fibre of the agave or maguey plant and worn by women, is less common.

  • At one place we find drifted fruits of Nipa, at another Hightea and Anona.

  • It has important fisheries, and manufactures salt, pottery, roofing (made of nipa leaves), and nipa wine.

  • In these marshes grows the nipa palm, from which a liquor is distilled - there are a number of small distilleries here.

  • North of San Nicholas is Tondo, the most densely populated district; in the suburbs, outside the fire limits, the greater part of the inhabitants live in native houses of bamboo frames roofed and sided with nipa palm, and the thoroughfares consist of narrow streets and navigable streams. Paco, south-west of Intramuros, has some large cigar factories, and a large cemetery where the dead are buried in niches in two concentric circular walls.

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