Nan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nan"
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -æn
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
Nan
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter N.
- Synonym: November
Proper noun edit
Nan
- A diminutive of the female given name Ann and Nancy.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
- My Nan shall be the queen of all the fairies, / Finely attired in a robe of white.
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Nan
Translations edit
Further reading edit
- Nan Province on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From nan.
Proper noun edit
Nan m (genitive/dative lui Nan)
- a surname
References edit
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names][1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
Scots edit
Proper noun edit
Nan
- a diminutive of the female given name Agnes