Nanny

nanny Nanný English Proper noun en female Ann,Anne. Danish Etymology Borrowed from da en Nanny in the 19th century. Proper noun da proper noun da female Jamaican Creole + of the Maroons Alternative forms jam nanny Pronunciation jam /ˈnanɪ/ jam Na nny Etymology 1 A portrait of Maroon leader Nanny is printed on the obverse, hence the term. Noun jam slang A J$500 banknote. jam Bredren, yuh can bruck a nanny? My friend, do you have change for a J$500? en Melville Cooke The Jamaica Gleaner jam “I do not know when the $100 became a 'bills', as it is commonly referred to (it has been more recently referred to as a 'dollar', no doubt as its purchasing power falls). Of course, the $500 note is known as a 'Nanny' and I am reminded of a story about a motorist's encounter with a traffic policeman. ” What can a 'bills' do? http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070531/cleisure/cleisure4.html 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20250813094728/http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070531/cleisure/cleisure4.html 13 August 2025 See also jam bills jam Concorde jam Manley jam Shearer Etymology 2 Proper noun jam propn jam historical Nanny of the Maroons — the Jamaican heroine. jam Every Jamaican love Granny Nanny. Every Jamaican loves Granny Nanny. en Andrea Elizabeth Shaw; Andrea Shaw Nevins 0-7391-1487-5 70 “The history of Jamaican national hero Nanny of the Maroons is also a narrative about the renegotiation of space — literal and figurative space. ” jam The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies 2006 jam eponyms jam Individuals Money People Swedish Etymology Borrowed from sv en Nanny in the 19th century. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Nanny.wav Proper noun c sv female