Neil
pronunciation
How to pronounce Neil in British English:
UK [ni:l]
How to pronounce Neil in American English:
US [nil]
Word Origin
- Neil
- surname and masc. proper name, from Gaelic/Old Irish Niall "champion." Picked up by the Vikings in Ireland (as Njall), brought by them to Iceland and Norway, thence to France, from which place it was introduced in England at the Conquest. Incorrectly Latinized as Nigellus on mistaken association with niger "black," hence Nigel.
Example
- 1. Neil has similar views to us .
- 2. Neil has several oil interests including as chairman of houston-based tx oil .
- 3. I replaced each apple logo with neil 's initials .
- 4. Astronaut neil a. armstrong took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera .
- 5. But then neil investigates the suicide cluster that first brought foxconn to wider notice in the west .