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NAGUETAS : Name given to SCOTTISH HIGHLAND REGIMENTS, from the Spanish ENAGUAS, i.e., PETTICOATS. The correct way would be FALDA ESCOCESA, for KILT

NAPIA : See under LA NAPIA.

NIPERO : Should be NISPERO which is a fruit called LOQUAT in English. See also FRUTA DE AMERICA.

NITIN : Bad EngUsh for KNITTNG. The Spanish is TRICOTAR.

NESERI : Bad English for NURSERY. The Spanish is GUARDERIA.

NONA : Portugese name for a CUSTARD APPLE, CHIRIMOYA in Spanish. It is interesting to learn that this word is peculiar to Catalan Bay. This has come about as a result of the Catalan Bay evacuees who spent the war years in Madeira.

NUEZ NOSCA : Bad Spanish for NUEZ MOSCADA. The English is NUTMEG.