Ninian

British

/ ˈnɪnjən /

noun

Saint. ?360–?432 _ad , the first known apostle of Scotland; built a stone church ( candida casa ) at Whithorn on his native Solway; preached to the Picts. Feast day: Sept 16

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With the Soviet state broadcaster, Radio Moscow, covering the match live, before kick-off the 40,000 crowd sang along to hymns played by a uniformed band on the Ninian Park pitch.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2020

Given what happens, or rather doesn’t, for much of this movie, the writer-director Ninian Doff doesn’t appear especially exercised about anything too heavy.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2020

Ninian Beall was perhaps trying to make this point with the name of his land.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2015

To give a guide as to the level of interest at that time, when the two clubs met at Ninian Park in 1997 the attendance was 6,459.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2013

At the Church of St. Ninian, Cluny sat in the wreckage of what had once been a pulpit.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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