Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of none.
  • noun A small earthen jar.
  • Same as anan.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • interjection Prov. Eng. Anan.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of naan.
  • noun UK Affectionate name for a grandmother.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the mother of your father or mother
  • noun a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya
  • noun leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
  • noun your grandmother

Etymologies

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From Hindustani नान / نان (nān), from Persian نان (nān).

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Possibly derived from Celtic nana ("grandmother").

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