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Nonna

//ˈnɒnə// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A grandmother, especially one with Italian ancestry. informal

    "An article last month in The Daily News talked about Enoteca Maria, a restaurant in Staten Island that has no professional chef, just a rotating roster of eight nonnas, or grandmothers, from different regions of Italy."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.

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