| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | nwn. |
| DEFINITION: | Common Semitic noun *n n-, fish. a. nu, from Greek n , nu; b. nun2, from Mishnaic Hebrew nûn, nun. Both a and b from Phoenician *n n, fish, fourteenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet. |
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