English Explanatory Dictionary

Ann

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
name
  1. A surname from Welsh.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of anniversary.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of annual.
noun
  1. An annate.
noun
  1. Initialism of artificial neural network.
  2. Initialism of approximate nearest neighbor.
  3. Abbreviation of announcement, in e-mail or newsgroup subject lines.

Pronunciation

ăn /æn/ [eən] en-us-Anne.ogg /an/

Word forms

Ann Anne Anns annat

Etymology

From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ana, Anna, Anne, and Hannah.

Antonyms

BNN

Related words

Ana Anita Anke Anku Anna Anne Anneke Annette Annie Annika Anya Hannah Nan Nance Nancy Nannie Nanny hooley-ann

Derived words

Ann Arbor Annarbour Rapid Ann Rapid Ann Station Royal Ann
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