nowhere

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Not in or to any place.

   I looked everywhere, but the keys were nowhere to be found.

2. 2
   noun

   No particular place.

   They went on a long drive to nowhere in particular.

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc.

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