Annan

American

[ah-nahn] / ɑˈnɑn /

noun

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

Annan British

/ 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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In two separate posts on X, the military's Arabic-language spokesman, Colonel Avichay Adraee, said the villages were Kfar Hatta and Annan in south Lebanon, and Al-Manara and Ain al-Tineh in eastern Lebanon.

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About 2,000 workers were drafted in as construction began in 1955 on the Chapelcross nuclear power station near Annan - the first in Scotland.

From BBC

"I'm an Annan person, born and bred," he said.

From BBC

"I've had quite a number of aunts and uncles and cousins work on the site, so I've got quite a long family affinity to the site as well and obviously being brought up in Annan I knew a large number of people who worked here."

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"It was a 24/7 operation, 365 days a year - parts of the town of Annan were built to accommodate the site in terms of housing workers from the area."

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