Nan

[ nan ]

/ næn /

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noun

a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter N.

a female given name.

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nan-

variant of nano- before a vowel: nanoid.

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That said, Waters has come a long way since the picaresque adventures of Nan and Kitty.
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Families were sitting picnic-style, meals of lamb and rice on large plates, scooped up with the flat bread nan.
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On July 8, a summons was sent to Zhang alerting her to the lawsuit, and on July 11, Nan Shi lost her job.
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American photographer Nan Goldin shot the campaign; the release date has not yet been announced.
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Confronting Kennedy, Nan Richardson is said to have angrily announced: “You killed my sister.”
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Mrs. Sherwood told me yesterday that she hoped to have Nan Gerard back here for good, and Mary looked as if it were all settled.
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Mr. Towne did not do much last winter, Mary said, beside run around with Naughty Nan.
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I comforted Nan by saying that he had done the same thing before and would again.
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Far away from here—Loch Nan and the vacant moors—my memory wandered.
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He was here; dying here, beside the black wave of lone Loch Nan.
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British Dictionary definitions for Nan

nan

nana or nanna (ˈnænə)

/ (næn) /

noun

a child's words for grandmother

Word Origin for nan

see nanny; compare Greek nanna aunt, Medieval Latin nonna old woman

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