English Explanatory Dictionary

joanna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piano.
name
  1. A female given name from Latin [in turn from Hebrew].
  2. One of the women following Jesus.
  3. Obsolete spelling of Johanna (“the island of Anjouan”).

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒəʊˈænə/ /ˌd͡ʒoʊˈænə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Joanna.wav

Word forms

joanna joannas Jo Joann

Etymology

From the name Joanna, which is a rhyme for the dialectal pronunciation of piano as /piˈænə/.

Derived words

Joan
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