Nixon
English
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Etymology
From Nick + -son, an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Nicholas".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɪk.sɪn/, /ˈnɪk.sən/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪksɪn
Proper noun
Nixon
- An English surname transferred from the given name.
- Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America.
- 2024 August 8, Jonathan van Harmelen, “The Little-Known Group That Pioneered Watergate’s Dirty Tricks—and Changed American Politics”, in TIME[1], archived from the original on 14 August 2024:
- Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist.
- Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America.
- A township in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States, named after early settlers George, William and Morris Nixon.
- A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, named in honor of George S. Nixon, Nevada senator.
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