English Explanatory Dictionary

nanna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. grandmother
name
  1. A goddess, the wife of Balder.
name
  1. The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.
name
  1. A surname from Italian.

Word forms

nanna nannas nana nan

Etymology

Possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”); probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child babbling, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). See also nanny. Compare Welsh nain, Sicilian nanna, Italian nonna, Norman nonne, Galician nana, Spanish nana, Old French nonain, Late Latin nonna.

Synonyms

Nanna-Suen Sin Suen

Related words

nanna nap nanna wobble nanny
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