name
Nyanwut
nyahn-WOOT
njɑnˈwuːtListen
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Nyanwut
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Nuer (South Sudan/Ethiopia)
- Meaning
- a Nuer feminine name drawing on the Nuer language's rich vocabulary for cattle and the natural environment; among the Nuer of the Upper Nile region, the naming of children reflects the circumstances of birth, the season, the appearance of cattle in the family herd, and significant events in the community or wider political landscape; feminine names often evoke qualities of abundance, endurance, and the life-sustaining properties associated with rain, water, and the annual flooding of the Sudd marshes that governs the rhythm of Nuer pastoral life
- Gender
- female
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