Nan

Definitions

1. Synonym of maid: a servant girl.
   obsolete
2. Alternative spelling of naan.
   alt-of, alternative
3. Acronym of not a number, applied to numeric values that represent an undefined or unrepresentable value, such as zero divided by itself.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
4. Initialism of National Assembly of Nigeria.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. NMDA antagonist neurotoxicity.
6. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter N.
7. A diminutive of the female given name Ann and Nancy.
8. A province of Thailand.
9. Synonym of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual.
   obsolete, slang
10. The capital of Nan Province, Thailand.
11. Synonym of nursemaid.
    UK, endearing
12. Synonym of grandmother.
    Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, endearing

Equivalents

Examples

“We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.”

“Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.”

“My Nan shall be the queen of all the fairies, / Finely attired in a robe of white.”

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