noun

• A surname from Chinese.
• Lower Saxony, a federal state of Germany.
• (grammar) Initialism of noun inanimate.
• (UK) Initialism of Northern Ireland. [A country in the United Kingdom, situated in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland.]
• (UK, finance) Acronym of national insurance. [(UK, Ireland) A system of taxes paid by workers and employers, used primarily to fund state benefits.]