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  • proper noun Used as a substitute for an unknown name or one that the writer wishes not to reveal.

Etymologies

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Latin nōmen nesciō

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Examples

  • Announcing this here this morning, B.B. Vyas, Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) said that a decision to this effect was taken by the Chairman SASB Mr N.N. Vohra, after examining the report of the Joint Team comprising senior officers of the State Administration and the Chief Executive Officer of the Board, which undertook several visits to the track in the past two days.

    Amarnath Yatra via Pahalgam route to start on June 26 2009

  • N.N. dat poenas, saith [2351] Crato of such a one, utinam non attraheret: he is punished, and is the cause of it [2352] himself:

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Creator of the universe, whose dominion extends through the immensity of space: guide and guard those who seek to fathom its mysteries especially N.N.

    Where were you 37 years ago? Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

  • Creator of the universe, whose dominion extends through the immensity of space: guide and guard those who seek to fathom its mysteries especially N.N.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

  • ‘What a wonderful fellow my friend N.N. is!’ said a third friend to the fool.

    Dream tales and prose poems 2006

  • N.N., donning the old asbestos underoos, as us atheists are so often wont to do…

    Sympathy for Homophobic Parents 2004

  • My first investigations were directed by a research associate N.N. Sozina who studied semiconductor photodetectors.

    Zhores I. Alferov - Autobiography 2001

  • N.N. Ledentsov has become the youngest corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

    Zhores I. Alferov - Autobiography 2001

  • N.N. Ledentsov, V.M. Ustinov, S.V. Ivanov have won general recognition nowadays.

    Zhores I. Alferov - Autobiography 2001

  • Institute and was offered by my supervisor N.N. Sozina to stay in the LETI to continue my study.

    Zhores I. Alferov - Autobiography 2001

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