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Nils.

Nyls (a hamlet in the municipality of Pineilla, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

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name[ˈnils]Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia

Nyls (a hamlet in the municipality of Pineilla, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)
masculine · plural · plural-only

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Ultimately from Latin asinus (“donkey”).

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