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Meaning of neuk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/njuːk/

Definitions

A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
Northumbria, Scotland
A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.
Northumbria, Scotland

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Neukam Neukirch-Uchida theorem Neukölln Neulette Neulussheim neum