See also: nanny and Nanný

English

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Proper noun

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Nanny

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

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Nanny in the 19th century.

Proper noun

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Nanny

  1. a female given name

Jamaican Creole

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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. []
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Nanny in the 19th century.

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Nanny c (genitive Nannys)

  1. a female given name