Nan

[ nan ]

noun
  1. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter N.

  2. a female given name.

Words Nearby Nan

Other definitions for nan- (2 of 2)

nan-

  1. variant of nano- before a vowel: nanoid.

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How to use Nan in a sentence

  • Mrs. Sherwood told me yesterday that she hoped to have Nan Gerard back here for good, and Mary looked as if it were all settled.

    Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
  • Mr. Towne did not do much last winter, Mary said, beside run around with Naughty Nan.

    Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
  • I comforted Nan by saying that he had done the same thing before and would again.

    Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
  • Far away from here—Loch Nan and the vacant moors—my memory wandered.

    Angling Sketches | Andrew Lang
  • He was here; dying here, beside the black wave of lone Loch Nan.

    Angling Sketches | Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for nan

nan

nana or nanna (ˈnænə)

/ (næn) /


noun
  1. a child's words for grandmother

Origin of nan

1
see nanny; compare Greek nanna aunt, Medieval Latin nonna old woman

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