Let's discuss the definition for Nieve
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
April 5, 2016 11:49pm CST
Have you heard the word before? I have. I couldn't remember what it meant so I looked it up.
The mainstream dictionaries list it as Scottish / British in origin and it's meaning is "hand".
I was typing something as a status on facebook when I mis-spelled niece. My finger hit the v instead of the c. I had to go look it up to see what it meant as I had heard it before.
I remember it to mean like a Native American's Wife. Urban Dictionary classifies it as an Irish lass that beguiles you..
Have you heard the word and if so what did you think it to mean? What were you taught it meant?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Apr 16
Nope, apparently not. I had seen that but actually hadn't thought anything of it. I'm just trying to remember where I got the idea it was a Native American Term from.
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@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
6 Apr 16
@Asylum The Norman Invasions immediately came to mind when I learned nieve was an Old Norse word. We tend to associate the Normans more with England, but yes they did also invade and settle in Scotland. So it makes sense, even if we don't automatically think Scandinavian influence when we hear a Scottish word.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
6 Apr 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum
One article says a clenched or closed hand, an Irish lass and something to do with music also. Funny how there are so many definitions, isn't there?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
7 Apr 16
@Marcyaz Different languages and cultures picking it up overtime. It's truly amazing.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Apr 16
I only came across a couple in my preliminary, right before I went to bed, search. What were you able to come up with?
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@marguicha (230349)
• Chile
6 Apr 16
Nieve is the Spanish word for snow. Rhat´s all I know.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
6 Apr 16
Nope I never heard of this word - but it reminds me of NIVEA (type of lotion can be used for your hands too!)
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Apr 16
I used to use nivea all the time, it was probably the softest / silkiest lotion and was very good at healing my dry skin...
You can use it on your face as well. I used to love the smell.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
6 Apr 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum At my boyfriend's he uses Aveeno (which I like) and in my household we use Vaseline. But when I got a sample of the Nivea Express Hydration Daily Lotion in Sea Minerals, Lotus Flower Scent, I love it! Once I'm done with my few samples I have - I'm going to buy the full size. 
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Apr 16
@infatuatedbby I have used aveeno before. I believe they make an oatmeal infused lotion that is good. I try to keep all of my skin products natural now. I use lotions from Sweet Clementine Soaps on Etsy now.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
6 Apr 16
Nieve is the Spanish word meaning snow. I actually read the title as let’s Discuss the definition for Snow. Of course I am not surprised that it has occurred in other languages or dialects as well because with only 26 letters to use there has to be a lot of duplication across the planet.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
7 Apr 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, there are several extra letters in Spanish such as n with a tilde and some that we would consider a single letter.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
7 Apr 16
AH but it's not just 26 letters is it? True we all have the 26 letters in common, though some languages don't use them as much, if at all. There are also accentuated letters, recognized in different alphabets for different countries.
When I wrote Nieve I thought of the word "snow" but couldn't remember which language "nieve" meant snow in.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
7 Apr 16
I never heard it before. It somehow reminds me of the Italian word for snow. I just looked that up and that word is neve. So, this is a new word for me.
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
7 Apr 16
No never heard of it- but it sounds Scottish or Irish to me.
