Annan

[ ah-nahn ]

noun

1. Ko·fi [koh, -fee], 1938–2018, Ghanaian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1997–2006.

Annan

/ ˈænæn /

noun

1. AnnanKofi1938MGhanaianPOLITICS: diplomatPOLITICS: public official Kofi (ˈkəʊfɪ). born 1938, Ghanaian international civil servant; secretary-general of the United Nations (1997–2007): Nobel peace prize 2001 with the UN

Example Sentences

In 2001 the United Nations and Kofi Annan got the NPP “for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.”

From The Daily Beast

Diplomacy and United Nations negotiations, from Kofi Annan to Lakhdar Brahimi, have all failed.

From The Daily Beast

She was tasked by Kofi Annan to be a United Nations Messenger of Peace, an appropriately meaningless, but distinguished, gong.

From The Daily Beast

Amud Annan—The name of this military operation, Pillar of Defense.

From The Daily Beast

Annan is cloud in Hebrew so this army operation, amud annan, should be Pillar of Cloud.

From The Daily Beast

Sndiz honum hvers kyns skrpi; ok at er haft san fyrir ortœki, at eim lji Glmr augna er gefi glmsni, er mjǫk sniz annan veg, en er.

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En annan vetr eptir, vildi hsfreyja fara til ta; ba hon hskarl sinn heima vera.

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I was told that Maggie Annan could not be expected to live on a fine sound.

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When the doctor left the room that afternoon I asked if Mr. Annan had been again.

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That "the bigwigs in the world of science spoke of Annan with enthusiasm."

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