"Nana" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈnænə/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ænə Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nana
  1. (endearing) One's grandmother. Tags: endearing
    Sense id: en-Nana-en-name-GcbpRu7O
  2. (informal, originally British) A governess. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-Nana-en-name-CzZW2JQ~ Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nana
  1. A female given name from Japanese Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Female family members
    Sense id: en-Nana-en-name-KILwlIzn Disambiguation of Female family members: 12 18 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 11 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 17 68 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 9 27 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for Nana meaning in English (2.7kB)

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