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# ni

«ni» in Mova's school dictionary: **short for Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

fragment or abbreviation (NI, Ni, ni)

### meaning for a pupil

1) NI is short for Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#m1)

2) (UK) NI is short for National Insurance, money taken from wages to pay for state pensions and benefits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#m2)

3) (science) Ni is the chemical symbol for the metal nickel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#m3)

4) In the old film «Monty Python and the Holy Grail», the Knights Who Say «Ni!» shout it as a silly word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography: NI on maps and in addresses. In money (UK): an NI number on a payslip. In chemistry: the symbol Ni in the periodic table. As a lowercase fragment it may also appear from Spanish «ni» (nor) or Ni in names.

### examples

- Belfast is the capital of NI. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x1)
- Every worker in the UK has an NI number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x2)
- Ni is the symbol for nickel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x3)
- The postcode area BT is in NI. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x4)
- Coins can contain Ni (nickel). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x5)
- NI contributions help pay for state pensions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/#x6)

### note

Not an ordinary English word; always check the context. Abbreviations are usually in capitals (NI); chemical symbols have a capital first letter and small second letter (Ni).

### In the corpora

- [AHA and nE-a are casual yeah and nope between kids; tak and ni are safe to anyone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ni» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.