different between naos vs nabs

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (naós, “inner part of the temple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ne?.?s/
• Rhymes: -e??s

Noun

naos (plural naoses or naosoi or naoi)

1. (architecture) The inner part of a Greek temple. It contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico and later gave rise to the Roman cella.
   • 1846 Henry Ellis - The Elgin and Phigaleian marbles of the classical ages, in the British museum

     The simplest form of the rectangular temple was that in which the two side walls were carried out from the naos to form the porch at one or both extremities of the building.

Anagrams

• -sona, AONs, Naso, ONAs, Sano, Sona, naso-, sona

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek ???? (naós)

Noun

naos n (plural naosuri)

1. nave

Declension

English

Verb

nabs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nab

Etymology

Clipping of Nabisco.

Noun

nabs

1. A single-serving package of crackers, usually filled with peanut butter. Snack crackers.
   • 2005, Mark Sohn, Appalachian Home Cooking, University Press of Kentucky, page 74:

     "Others walked to small stores to buy a pack of Nabs cheese crackers, ..."

   • 2014, Marion Eugene Williams, A Cop's Dilemma, Xlibris Corporation, page 92:

     "I'll give you ten bucks to use your telephone and for a pack of nabs and a cold drink."

References

• 2010. Duffin-Ward, Maureen. Suddenly Southern: A Yankee's Guide to Living in Dixie, page 44.

Anagrams

• BNAs, Bans, bans