Definitions for nipa

nipa ni·pa

Spelling: [nee-puh]
IPA: /ˈni pə/

Nipa is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in nipa (ainp).

Definitions for nipa

noun

  1. a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.

Origin of nipa

1580-90; New Latin Malay nipah

Examples for nipa

The windows are of translucent shell, while the door is of nipa or wood.

The building is constructed of bamboo with a nipa thatch roof.

Their Christmas-tree will be the royal palm; and nipa boughs their mistletoe.

There are, besides, 100 Indian huts (chozas) constructed of the nipa palm.

They go to this little barrio where we going, and go into nipa shack.

Beyond was a nipa hut, back of which burnt a small camp-fire.

The sale of the nipa wine is a monopoly in the hands of the Government.

Usually he was in his nipa hut in the coconuts, silent and alone.

For the latter, however, nipa palm and cógon grass are preferred.

Each picks out his own little roof of nipa, tile, zinc, or palm.

Word Value for nipa
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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