Nanny

See also: nanny and Nanný

English

Proper noun

Nanny

1. A diminutive of the female given names Ann or Anne.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nanny in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Nanny

1. a female given name

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• nanny

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnanɪ/
• Hyphenation: Na‧nny

Etymology 1

A portrait of Maroon leader Nanny is printed on the obverse, hence the term.

Noun

Nanny (plural Nanny dem, quantified Nanny)

1. (slang) A J$500 banknote.

   Bredren, yuh can bruck a nanny?

   My friend, do you have change for a J$500?

   • 2007, Melville Cooke, “What can a 'bills' do?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎^[1] (in English):

     “I do not know when the $100 became a 'bills', as it is commonly referred to (it has been more recently referred to as a 'dollar', no doubt as its purchasing power falls). Of course, the $500 note is known as a 'Nanny' and I am reminded of a story about a motorist's encounter with a traffic policeman. […] ”

See also

• bills
• Concorde
• Manley
• Shearer

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Nanny

1. (historical) Nanny of the Maroons — the Jamaican heroine.

   Every Jamaican love Granny Nanny.

   Every Jamaican loves Granny Nanny.

   • 2006, Andrea Elizabeth Shaw, Andrea Shaw Nevins, The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies (in English), →ISBN, page 70:

     “The history of Jamaican national hero Nanny of the Maroons is also a narrative about the renegotiation of space — literal and figurative space. […] ”

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nanny in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Nanny c (genitive Nannys)

1. a female given name