Annan

[ ah-nahn ]

/ ɑˈnɑn /

noun

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

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Example sentences from the Web for annan

Annan is cloud in Hebrew so this army operation, amud annan, should be Pillar of Cloud.
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Having Annan make his entreaties to the warring parties and to the major powers, like Russia, was never going to lead anywhere.
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Accept the Annan Plan, and step into the peace and political process.
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Lavrov, however, continues to insist that the Annan Plan should be tweaked.
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The real alternatives are the Annan plan or all-out civil war.
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His desire was to be in Scotland, and he made his way northwards by the usual sea route to Annan and Scotsbrig.
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He had landed about an hour earlier and gone to a farm to ask for a horse and trap and had sent a man to Annan for a doctor.
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That "the bigwigs in the world of science spoke of Annan with enthusiasm."
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Mr. Annan and he between them had left no means untried, she said.
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But there is a tributary burn which runs a longer course than this, rising in the hills much nearer to the head-waters of Annan.
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British Dictionary definitions for annan

Annan

/ (ˈænæn) /

noun

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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