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Nana
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Appendix:Variations of "nana"
English
Etymology 1
en
Pronunciation
en /ˈnænə/ GA
en ænə 2
Proper noun
en affectionate en nana; one's grandmother.
en informal originally _ British A governess.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en female Japanese.
Etymology 3
Nana (Greek mythology)
en grc Νάνα.
Proper noun
en Greek mythology A demigoddess, the daughter of Sangarius and mother of Attis.
Etymology 4
Nana (Bactrian goddess)
Apparently ultimately from en sux 𒀭𒈾𒈾𒀀 na-na-a (where the first symbol, sux 𒀭, is a determinative meaning goddess and has no reading).
Proper noun
en mythology An ancient goddess of Eastern Iran, standing at the top of many worshipping cultures' pantheons.
Etymology 5
en Armenian goddess
Not certain whether directly derived from en hy Նանե, or by association with the ancient Iranian goddess of the same name.
Proper noun
en mythology en Nane Armenian mother-goddess and equivalent of Athena.
Anagrams
en aann A.A.N.N. Anna anan anna naan
en reduplicated coordinated pairs
en Female family members
Cebuano
Alternative forms
ceb Na-na
ceb Na-Na
Etymology
A diminutive of Ana. From baby talk.
Pronunciation
ceb Na na
Noun
ceb noun
ceb female Ana,Belina
ceb reduplications
Danish
Etymology
Baby talk form of several names containing the letters a and n (da Anne, da Johanne, etc). In some cases from Émile Zola's novel Nana (novel) Nana (1880). Compare also da Nanna.
Pronunciation
da [ˈnana]
Proper noun
c
da female
Finnish
Etymology
Baby talk form of several names containing the letters a and n (fi Anna, fi Johanna, etc). In some cases from Émile Zola's novel Nana (novel) Nana (1880).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Nan a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 11 30 417 67 645 1
Anagrams
fi aann Anna anna naan
Japanese
Romanization
なな
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
Proper noun
srn proper noun
srn Anana supreme being