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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NANNYGAI

From a native Australian language.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NANNYGAI

nannygai  [ˈnænɪˌɡaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NANNYGAI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nannygai is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NANNYGAI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nannygai in the English dictionary

The definition of nannygai in the dictionary is an edible sea fish, Centroberyx affinis, of Australia, which is red in colour and has large prominent eyes Also called: red fish.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NANNYGAI


anthropophagi
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəˌɡaɪ
assagai
ˈæsəˌɡaɪ
assegai
ˈæsəˌɡaɪ
fungi
ˈfʌŋɡaɪ
gey
ɡaɪ
gilgai
ˈɡɪlɡaɪ
guy
ɡaɪ
guys
ˈɡaɪ
laogai
ˈlaʊˌɡaɪ
mamaguy
ˈmɑːməˌɡaɪ
nilgai
ˈnɪlɡaɪ
sarcophagi
sɑːˈkɒfəɡaɪ
Songhai
sɒŋˈɡaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NANNYGAI

nanna
nannied
nannies
Nanning
nannoplankton
nanny
nanny cam
nanny goat
nanny state
nannying
nannyish
nanobe
nanobee
nanodot
nanogram
nanogramme
nanograss
nanomaterial
nanometer

WORDS THAT END LIKE NANNYGAI

ai
Bhai
chai
Chennai
Dubai
Haggai
jai
kai
Madurai
Mumbai
ngai
rai
sai
samurai
shanghai
Sinai
Tai
Thai
wai
Weihai

Synonyms and antonyms of nannygai in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nannygai» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NANNYGAI

Find out the translation of nannygai to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nannygai from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nannygai» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

nannygai
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nannygai
570 millions of speakers

English

nannygai
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nannygai
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nannygai
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

nannygai
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nannygai
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nannygai
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nannygai
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nannygai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nannygai
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nannygai
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

nannygai
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nannygai
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nannygai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nannygai
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नॅनीगाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nannygai
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nannygai
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nannygai
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

nannygai
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nannygai
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

nannygai
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nannygai
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

nannygai
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nannygai
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nannygai

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NANNYGAI»

The term «nannygai» is used very little and occupies the 183.610 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NANNYGAI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nannygai» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nannygai» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nannygai

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NANNYGAI»

Discover the use of nannygai in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nannygai and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Australian Fish Guide
NANNYGAI Scientific name Centroberyx affinis. Also known as Eastern nannygai , redfish. Range A prolific east coast species ranging as far north as Moreton Bay in Queensland, but the nannygai is much more common from the Mid-North ...
Francis Bernard Prokop, Trevor Hawkins, Geoff Wilson, 2006
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Berycidae: Centroberyx, Alfonsino, Splendid Alfonsino, ...
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LLC Books, 2010
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Ecology of Australian Temperate Reefs: The Unique South
Nannygai feed on small fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and also are reported to swim high above the reefin the upper water column at night to feed on plankton. All three species are long lived. Bight redfish lives for > 70 years, swallowtail for ...
Scoresby Shepherd, Graham Edgar, 2013
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Fishing Guide to South of Sydney
29.12 BURRILL CLOSE S 35 24 000 E 150 28 000 When the skies are clear try putting Pigeon House mountain over the Caravan Park for snapper, leatherjackets, sweep, morwong, pigfish and nannygai. 29.17 BRUSH ISLAND ROCK SHELF ...
Gary Brown, 2010
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Fishing Techniques
Nannygai: This species occurs from southern Queensland right around the southern half of Australia, including Tasmania, to West Australia. Not a common capture by shore-based anglers, offshore anglers regard nannygai as hot yellowfin ...
Steve Cooper, 2006
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GPS Fishing Marks, Australia Wide
Whiting 34 32 252 137 23 340 Spencer Gulf south Mt. Neptune Pinnacle, Morwong, nannygai 35 25 169 136 30 192 Spencer Gulf south Outer Lump Steep incline. Whiting, snapper 35 25 388 136 30 527 Spencer Gulf south Suzanne ll Large ...
Jim Harmon, 2010
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The Oxford Companion to Food
Beryx splendens, a fish of temperate waters, especially the N. Atlantic between Madeira and the Portuguese coast, but also parts of the Pacific, e.g. in the vicinity of Japan, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Both it and the nannygai (see below) belong  ...
Alan Davidson, Tom Jaine, 2014
8
Fishes of Australia
Swallowtail Nannygai Trachichthodes lineatus (C&V.) Photo: Rudic Kuiter always red to pink; and all of them have a deeply- forked tail, a feature that distinguishes them immediately from a Queensland "Nannygai", more correctly called the ...
E. M. Grant, 1987
9
Multilingual Dictionary of Fish and Fish Products
803. 804. REDFISH. SÉBASTE. DAN: Rødfisk DUT: Roodbaars, Kleine roodbaars FIN: Punasimppu, puna-ahven GER: Rotbarsch, Goldbarsch GRE: Sebastós-Kokkinópsara ICE: Karfi ITA: Scorfano di Norvegia JPN: Menuke NOR: Uer, rødfisk ...
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
10
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Oliver (1871) described it as moora Nennigae; Macleay (1881) headed his description "the Nannygai of Sydney fishermen"; Tenison-Woods (1882) gave reasons why the aboriginal name mura ngin a gai had been corrupted to nan a dai, this ...
‎1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NANNYGAI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nannygai is used in the context of the following news items.
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FISHING TAILS: Snapper relishing the cool snap in CQ waters
Parrot, red emperor, large mouth nannygai, cod and hussar will continue in top form for the coming month. Black jew and grunter are also in ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jul 15»
2
Weekend weather forecast to suit region's anglers
Nannygai and coral trout are also being sought and caught in good numbers for the offshore anglers. Again this weekend, it will be popular at ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, Jul 15»
3
Tomorrow's a fine day to cast a line in Central Queensland
Red emperor, nannygai and coral trout were abundant off the coast of Yeppoon at the moment. Flathead, bream, whiting and grunter were ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jul 15»
4
Find out where snapper are biting in the region
"There should be some good nannygai and red emperor in the shipping channels too, there should be plenty of trout and sweetlip around the ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, Jul 15»
5
Good time to follow the wind and tides
My employer, and good friend, Mark Patton took advantage of Tuesday's weather, slipping up to one of his many nannygai marks he has north, ... «Gladstone Observer, Jul 15»
6
OPINION: Salmon snaffling soft vibes
Justin Locher caught this absolute cracker of a large mouth nannygai near Scawfell Island this month on a soft plastic. Contributed ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, Jun 15»
7
Blue salmon and whiting in creeks the pick for anglers
Edwards said nannygai offshore were caught in good conditions. Targeting the shipping channel at depths beyond 25 metres with squid was ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, Jun 15»
8
FISHING TALES: Coorooman Creek is best for bream, barramundi
After the great catches of quality fish like red emperor, largemouth nannygai, coral trout and red throat emperor, it is a little disappointing to ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, May 15»
9
Hit the beaches for whiting
"There were nannygai and good catches of sweetlip," he said. Edwards said people wanting to do some bottom bashing should use big baits ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, May 15»
10
Top conditions to go offshore
Grunter, black jew, red emperor, large mouth nannygai, coral trout, parrot and hussar were in good quantity at almost every reefy area within ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
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