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Nan
//næn// name, noun, slang
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Ann and Nancy.
"My Nan shall be the queen of all the fairies, / Finely attired in a robe of white."
- 2 A province of Thailand.
- 3 Initialism of National Assembly of Nigeria. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 The capital of Nan Province, Thailand.
Noun
- 1 Synonym of maid: a servant girl. obsolete
- 2 Alternative spelling of naan. alt-of, alternative
"Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia."
- 3 radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter N.
- 4 Acronym of not a number, applied to numeric values that represent an undefined or unrepresentable value, such as zero divided by itself. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 5 NMDA antagonist neurotoxicity.
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- 6 leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop wordnet
- 7 Synonym of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual. obsolete, slang
- 8 Alternative form of NaN (not a number) alt-of, alternative
- 9 the mother of your father or mother wordnet
- 10 Synonym of nursemaid. UK, endearing
- 11 your grandmother wordnet
- 12 Synonym of grandmother. Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, endearing
"We had my nan over for Christmas dinner."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Nan, pet form of the formerly very common female given names Anne and Agnes. As a nursemaid and grandmother, a clipping of earlier nana, from nanny under the probable influence of mama, also from Nan. Compare Mary.
Etymology 2
See at naan.
Etymology 3
From Thai น่าน (nâan).
See also for "nan"
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