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name
Alternative letter-case form of nana; one's grandmother.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, endearing
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name
A governess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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name
A female given name from Japanese.
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name
A demigoddess, the daughter of Sangarius and mother of Attis.
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Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
An ancient goddess of Eastern Iran, standing at the top of many worshipping cultures' pantheons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
Alternative form of Nane (“Armenian mother-goddess and equivalent of Athena”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
A banana.
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Usage: informal
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noun
A foolish person.
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Usage: UK, slang
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noun
One's grandmother.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Qualifier: term of endearment
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noun
A nanny.
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Usage: informal
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History
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νάνα (Nána).
Apparently ultimately from Sumerian 𒀭𒈾𒈾𒀀 (na-na-a) (where the first symbol, 𒀭, is a determinative meaning goddess and has no reading).
Not certain whether directly derived from Armenian Նանե (Nane), or by association with the ancient Iranian goddess of the same name.
An apheretic form of banana.
Variant spelling of nanna.
