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Pa⋅ni⋅ni

[pah-nee-nee for 1; pah-nee-nee for 2]
–noun
1. fl. c400 b.c., Indian grammarian of Sanskrit.
2. Pannini, Giovanni Paolo.

pa⋅ni⋅no

[puh-nee-noh]
–noun, plural -ni [-nee] .
Usually, panini. a traditional, small Italian sandwich filled with meat, cheese, grilled vegetables, etc., and usually toasted.

Pan⋅ni⋅ni

[pahn-nee-nee]
–noun
Gio⋅van⋅ni (Pa⋅o⋅lo) [jaw-vahn-nee pah-aw-law] , 1692?–1765, Italian painter.
Also, Panini.
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Pa·ni·ni   (pä'nə-nē)   
Indian grammarian. His Ashtadhyayi, one of the first works of descriptive linguistics, presents grammatical rules for Sanskrit.
pa·ni·no   (pə-nē'nō)   
n.   pl. pa·ni·ni (-nē)
An Italian sandwich made usually with vegetables, cheese, and grilled or cured meat.

[Short for Italian panino (imbottito), stuffed bread, sandwich : panino, diminutive of pane, bread + imbottito, past participle of imbottire, to stuff.]
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