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NANNA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

God of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)

Domain region:

Sumer (an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Norse mythology) wife of Balder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

Norse deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen)

Domain category:

Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The mother of your father or mother

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

grandparent (a parent of your father or mother)

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

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)

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