Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of western Thailand flowing about 630 km (390 mi) generally southward to join the Ping River and form the Chao Phraya.
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- proper noun A
diminutive of the femalegiven name Ann andNancy .
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Examples
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The stock photo to the right is of the Canadian landing in 'Nan' sector.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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God has been good to ease my mind about her, by letting those letters arrive telling my Nan is picking up again.
Work Camp 1203 L 2010
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Glad to hear my darling Nan is improving in health.
Work Camp 1203 L 2010
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Bend over America, San Fran Nan is going to do to us what seems to come natural for many or her constituents.
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Yeah, but Nan is the one who squashed Piyush's deal ...
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In 1433, local people in Nan'an Department appealed to establish native chieftainship.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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And, if Nan is working full-time trying to make the store work, and assuming 2300 hours a year, which is probably low for a small business person, she would be making a whopping $3.80 an hour running her store, such that she would be much better off (leaving out the personal satisfaction of running your own business) working for Walmart at the average wage there of $6.50 an hour.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Observations on Walmart, Women, and Wages 2005
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Nan is so right --- one report about the Mose floodgates said that the gates may be engaged so often that it will affect aquatic life in the lagoon making it a stagnant pool.
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My Nan is going to the Hallamshire hospital in Sheffield to have laser treatment on her eye, which she's been waiting for for months and months.
And on Friday the bloody thirteenth... how irritating... kisobel 2004
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He called Nan this morning to ask her a question about the dig, and when I learned he was still in town, I thought you might want to meet him.
The Dead House Linda Fairstein 2001
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