Hannah
[han-uh]
- the mother of Samuel. I Sam. 1:20.
- a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “grace.”
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Contemporary Examples
But I wondered what would have happened if Hitch stood across the stage from Hannah Arendt.
But the detectives were no still closer to who that might be until 18-year-old Hannah Graham went missing Sept. 13.
"We don't know where Hannah Graham is and we have to find her," Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo said.
Well, Hannah Horvath, the character Dunham created and portrays, makes horrible decisions.
Speed Read: Lena Dunham’s Most Shocking Confessions From ‘Not That Kind of Girl’Kevin Fallon
September 26, 2014
The book is the line in the sand, proof that she is not, as she is so often conflated, the Hannah Horvath she has created.
Speed Read: Lena Dunham’s Most Shocking Confessions From ‘Not That Kind of Girl’Kevin Fallon
September 26, 2014
Historical Examples
Don't be surprised, Miss:—but you'll see Hannah no more in this house.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Grievously disordered they appear to be, as Hannah tells me.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Hannah, as she moves up and down, is shunned as a person infected.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Your listening Hannah has given you this intelligence, as she does many others.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
I ordered Hannah however to eat of it, that I might not be thought sullen.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Hannah
- Old Testament the woman who gave birth to Samuel (I Samuel 1–2)
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Word Origin and History for hannah
Hannah
fem. proper name, biblical mother of the prophet Samuel, from Hebrew, literally "graciousness," from stem of hanan "he was gracious, showed favor."
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