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Vinony

Eid

proper noun

  1. Islamic holiday
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Scots Eid, borrowed from Old Norse Eið.

  1. Synonym of Aith: a village in Mainland, Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

noun

Etymology: From Old Norse eið (“an isthmus, neck of land”), from Proto-Germanic *aidiją (“isthmus, strait”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”). Cognate with Icelandic eið, eiði, Faroese eið, eiði (“isthmus”), Norwegian eid (“isthmus”), Swedish ed. Compare Latin eō (“go, proceed”, verb).

  1. An isthmus or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea; a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of an open bight or inlet and having a lagoon inside it.