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nary a

Not one, as in There's nary a mention of taxes in that speech, or Nary an officer could be seen. This archaic-sounding contraction of "never a" remains in current use. [Mid-1700s]

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JameyJAY-meeEnglish
Ceciliasə-SEE-lee-ə (English), sə-SEEL-yə (English), che-CHEE-lyah (Italian), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish), se-SEE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), se-SEEL-yah (Danish, Norwegian), SE-see-lee-ah (Finnish)English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German
Ademaro-Italian
Marie['mɑ:ri(:)]
Jo[dʒəu]
Prakash-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Odia, Nepali