Ann

¹

[an]

noun

1. Cape Ann, a rocky, scenic peninsula in northeastern Massachusetts, extending into the Atlantic Ocean.

2. a first name, form of Anna.

ann.

²

abbreviation

1. annals.

2. annuity.

3. years.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ann¹

From the Latin word annī

Example Sentences

Born in Sydney, Gyngell was the daughter of Bruce Gyngell, the first person to appear on Australian television in 1956, and interior designer Ann Barr.

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"After the end of the explosion of Chinese tourism, I went there and the corals were dead," said Ann Singeo, director of the Ebiil Society, a local NGO.

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"The observations we made will be used by scientists to test increasingly realistic, state-of-the-art computer simulations of physical processes close to the black hole," said Henric Krawczynski, the Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professor in Physics and a fellow at WashU's McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences.

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In a melodic, chirpy voice, speaking in unaccented American English and calling herself Orphan Ann, D’Aquino did done hundreds of broadcasts for a news and music show called “Zero Hour.”

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This is Ann of Radio Tokyo, and we’re just going to begin our regular program of music, news and the “Zero Hour” for our friends — I mean our enemies — in Australia and the South Pacific.

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