Ne

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Nebraska

New England

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né

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ˈnā

—used to indicate the original, former, or legal name of a man

Robert Roe, né John Doe

: originally or formerly called

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French, literally, born — more at née

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1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Ne was in 1905

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