napier
IPA: nˈeɪpiɝ
Root Word: Napier
noun
- A Scottish surname originating as an occupation for someone who sold table linen, or was in charge of the linen of a great house.
- John Napier, Scottish mathematician etc.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A locality in the Riverina district, New South Wales, Australia.
- An unincorporated place in the township of Adelaide Metcalfe, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
- A city in Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand.
- A village in Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
- A ghost town in Holt County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
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Examples of "napier" in Sentences
- Neper is another name for napier.
- She just moved there from Napier.
- The provincial council sat at Napier.
- Napier developed into an active village.
- He's not identified as Jack Napier in the credits.
- This service connected with the Endeavour at Napier.
- The delights of Napier are literally on your doorstep.
- During this withdrawal Napier was wounded in the neck.
- It is somewhat of a miracle that Napier is a musician at all.
- In Napier himself the Commission had an amateur historian and anthropologist.