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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈneɪkə/Sorted aeknrStarts with NEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.

Word origin

Borrowed from Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra, “drum”).

Used in a sentence

  • the Norman trumpets from the battlements […], mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers, (a species of kettle-drum,) retorted in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy.

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