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near thing
near thing
Something just barely effected, as in That election was a near thing-he won by a handful of votes. [Mid-1700s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Clarence | | ['klærəns] | |
| Lenard | | LEN-ərd | English |
| Helah | | HEE-lə (English) | Biblical |
| Itzel | | - | Native American, Mayan |
| Lyubov | | lyoo-BOF (Russian) | Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian |
| Dorji | | - | Tibetan, Bhutanese |