Nye

American

[nahy] / naɪ /

noun

Edgar Wilson Bill Nye, 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
a male given name, form of Aneurin.

nye British

/ naɪ /

noun

Also called: nide. eye. a flock of pheasants

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Etymology

Origin of nye

C15: from Old French ni, from Latin nīdus nest

Example Sentences

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Proto-Town founders Josh Farahzad, 26, and Merle Nye, 28, met while attending college at Duke.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

They bought a decommissioned school bus, painted it bright red, and outfitted it with models of the proposed town, and Farahzad and Nye drove it around the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

She said their actions were "more performative than real" and that the defendants had really wanted to film footage of a confrontation with Nye and them giving her the Bible.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Harvard’s Joseph Nye taught that foreign policy morality requires integrating intentions, means and consequences.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Also, Handlon had assigned a detective to help Nye “case the pawnbrokers”; as he said, there was “always a pack of them in any gambling town.”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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