Home › Words › N › nissannissan/ˈnɪsæn/nissan means A Japanese car manufacturer.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nissan ranks #31,747 of 42,752 for Qualifying.nissan is pronounced /ˈnɪsæn/.EtymologyBorrowed from Japanese 日産(にっさん) (Nissan, “Nissan”), an abbreviation of 日本産業 (Nihon Sangyō, literally “Japan Industries”).nameA Japanese car manufacturer.A surname from Hebrew.nounA car of the Japanese Nissan brand.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).