Annan

American  

[ah-nahn] / ɑˈnɑn /

noun

1. Kofi 1938–2018, Ghanaian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1997–2006.

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Annan British  

/ ˈænæn /

noun

1. Kofi (ˈkəʊfɪ). born 1938, Ghanaian international civil servant; secretary-general of the United Nations (1997–2007): Nobel peace prize 2001 with the UN

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Example Sentences

Among many who did not buy their argument was the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

From BBC

Rangers cruised into the last eight with a heavy win over League 2 Annan Athletic, but have been usurped at the Premiership summit, trailing Celtic by a point.

From BBC

Celtic will play Championship Raith Rovers, while Rangers travel to League 2 Annan Athletic, with the ties played on the weekend of 12/13 February.

From BBC

Meanwhile the rail line between Carlisle and Dumfries looks set to reopen after an inspection of the Annan viaduct.

From BBC

He exposed that Hillary Clinton in 2009 ordered U.S. diplomats to spy on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other UN representatives from China, France, Russia and the U.K., spying that included obtaining DNA, iris scans, fingerprints and personal passwords, part of the long pattern of illegal surveillance that included the eavesdropping on an earlier UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, in the weeks before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

From Salon