Novy
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editNovy (plural Novies)
- (slang) A person from Nova Scotia.
- 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:
- "Shrimp! Gloucester shrimp! Git aout[sic], you Novy!"
To call a Gloucester man a Nova Scotian is not well received. Dan answered in kind.
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editNovy (plural Novys)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Novy is the 19885th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1351 individuals. Novy is most common among White (94.3%) individuals.