Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after Florence Nightingale.

Examples

33 sentences

  1. I heard a nightingale.

    Я чув солов'я. — Teashrock

    ruЯ слышал соловья. — Teashrock

    deIch habe eine Nachtigall gehört. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Is that a bullfinch or a nightingale?

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  3. The nightingale was on a branch.

    Соловей сидів на гілці. — shanghainese

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  4. Florence Nightingale is famous as the woman who began professional nursing.

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  5. Soraya can sing like a nightingale.

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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nightdressnighternightfallnightgownnightlifeB1nightlightnightly

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