Definitions For Nene

Noun

NENE (plural nenes or nene) The hawaiian goose, branta sandvicensis, which was designate#verb, designated the state bird of hawaii in 1957.

Alternative forms

nēnē

Synonyms

Hawaiian goose nēnē goose

Translations

Afrikaans: Hawaiiese gans Breton: garreli Hawaii Catalan: oca de les Hawaii, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 夏威夷雁 Czech: berneška havajská Danish: Hawaiigås, c Dutch: Hawaiigans, f, néne Esperanto: Havaja ansero Finnish: havaijinhanhi French: bernache néné, f Galician: ganso de Hawai, m German: Hawaiigans, f Hawaiian: nēnē Hebrew: ברנטה הוואית Hungarian: Hawaii lúd Irish: gé Haváíoch, f Japanese: ハワイガン Korean: 하와이기러기 Latvian: Havaju zoss, m Low German: : Dutch Low Saxon: Hawaiigoos, nēnē Navajo: Kéyah Ałkééʼ Naaznilgo Dah Ndaaʼeełídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełítsoh noodǫ́zígíí Norwegian: : Bokmål: Hawaiigås, m, f : Nynorsk: Hawaiigås, f Persian: غاز هاوایی Polish: bernikla hawajska, gęś hawajska, f, ne-ne Portuguese: ganso-do-havaí, m Russian: Гавайская казарка, f Spanish: ganso de Hawái, m, barnacla nené, f Swedish: Hawaiigås, c Vietnamese: ngỗng Hawaii Welsh: gŵydd Hawaii, f

Etymology

(branta sandvicensis) on kauai, hawaii, USA. It is the world’s rarest goose.]] Borrowed from {{bor, en, haw, nēnē}}, which is imitative of the bird’s call.

Anagrams

en- -en

Is Nene a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
4
Words with Friends
6

The word Nene is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends

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