Sanna

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.

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"The secretary-general was joined by several trailblazing women, including the world’s youngest female prime minister, Sanna Marin of Finland. She is 34 and heads a coalition government in which women lead all five parties."

Etymology

Etymology 1

* As an Italian surname, from Italian Sanna. * As a Dutch surname, reduced from Susanna. * As a Greek surname, spelling variant of Sannas, from σανός (sanós, “hay”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Konkani सान्नां (sānnā̃).

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