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NAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop

Synonyms:

naan; nan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("nan" is a kind of...):

bread; breadstuff; staff of life (food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya

Synonyms:

Nan; Nan River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Nan" is a part of...):

Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The mother of your father or mother

Synonyms:

gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny; nan; nanna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("nan" is a kind of...):

grandparent (a parent of your father or mother)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nan"):

nan (your grandmother)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Your grandmother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("nan" is a kind of...):

gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny; nan; nanna (the mother of your father or mother)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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