"nana" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɑːnə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nana (banana).wav [Southern-England] Forms: nanas [plural]
enPR: näʹnə Rhymes: -ɑːnə Etymology: An aphetic form of banana. Etymology templates: {{m|en|banana}} banana Head templates: {{en-noun}} nana (plural nanas)
  1. (informal) A banana. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-nana-en-noun-xEsdeIey
  2. (UK, slang) A foolish person. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-nana-en-noun-gQN140CO Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 50 36 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 73 18 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 74 15 10 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 3 70 12 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: narna, narner
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈnænə/ Audio: En-au-nana.ogg [Australia] Forms: nanas [plural]
enPR: nănʹə Rhymes: -ænə Etymology: Variant spelling of nanna. Etymology templates: {{m|en|nanna}} nanna Head templates: {{en-noun}} nana (plural nanas)
  1. (informal, term of endearment) One's grandmother. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-nana-en-noun-GcbpRu7O
  2. (informal) A nanny. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-nana-en-noun-GZ7~l4D5 Disambiguation of Female family members: 1 29 9 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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