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nun·na·tion (nu nās̸hən)

noun

the addition of final n to a word, as in the declension of certain Arabic nouns

Etymology: ModL nunnatio < Ar nūn, the letter n

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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