Ann
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of anniversary. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 An annate. obsolete
- 3 Initialism of artificial neural network. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Initialism of approximate nearest neighbor. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Abbreviation of announcement, in e-mail or newsgroup subject lines. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 Abbreviation of annual. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
- 1 A female given name from Hebrew.
"ramsden. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. / tanner. I mean our Ann, your Ann, Tavy's Ann, and now, Heaven help me, my Ann!"
- 2 A surname from Welsh.
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More examples"The show was so boring that Ann and I fell asleep."
Etymology
From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ana, Anna, Anne, and Hannah.
Habitational surname from Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning "ash tree stream". Compare Welsh onn (“ash tree”).
From Latin annata (“income of a year; income of half a year”), from annus (“year”): compare French annate (“annats”), Spanish anata (“annats”).
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