Nash

See also: nash, and nãsh

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næʃ/
• Rhymes: -æʃ
• Homophone: gnash

Proper noun

Nash (countable and uncountable, plural Nashes)

1. A placename
   1. A locale in the United Kingdom. The names are derived from Middle English atten ash (“at the ash tree”).
      1. A village in Buckinghamshire, England.
      2. A village in Shropshire, England.
      3. A village and community in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3483).
   2. A locale in the United States.
      1. A city in Texas; named for railroad executive Martin Manny Nash.
      2. A town in Oklahoma.
      3. A census-designated place in North Dakota; named for the Nash brothers, early settlers.
   3. A village in Gilan, Iran.
2. (countable) A surname.
   1. An English habitational surname from Middle English from the places in England.
   2. A habitational surname from Irish of Anglo-Norman origin, an anglicization of Irish de Nais or de Nás, both from the English surname.
3. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern America usage

Alternative forms

• (surname): Naish

Derived terms

• Nash County
• Nash Mills
• Nashville

Related terms

• (place name): Ashton
• (surname): Ash, Tash

Translations

village in Wales

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納おさめ什／纳什 (zh) (Nàshí)

• Marathi: नॅश (nĕś)
• Welsh: Trefonnen

village in Iran

• Marathi: नाश (nāś)
• Persian: ناش

Noun

Nash (plural Nashes)

1. A former make of American automobile manufactured by Nash Motors, and later American Motors Corporation.

Anagrams

• Shan, Hans, shan, HANS, HNAs, HSAN

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Nash, from Old English æsc.

Proper noun

Nash

1. a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname, in turn from Old English]