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• (General American)IPA^(key): /ˈnænə/
• Rhymes:-ænə

Nana

1. (endearing) One'sgrandmother.
2. (informal, originally British) Agoverness.

Nana

1. A femalegiven name from Japanese.

• A.A.N.N.,Anna,anan,anna,naan

• Na-na
• Na-Na

Adiminutive ofAna. From baby talk.

• Hyphenation:Na‧na

Nana

1. adiminutive of the femalegiven namesAna orBelina

Baby talk form of several names containing the lettersa andn (Anne,Johanne, etc). In some cases fromÉmile Zola's novelNana (1880). Compare alsoNanna.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnana]

Nana (c)

1. a femalegiven name

Baby talk form of several names containing the lettersa andn (Anna,Johanna, etc). In some cases fromÉmile Zola's novelNana (1880).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑnɑ/,[ˈnɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes:-ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation^(key):Na‧na

Nana

1. a femalegiven name

• Nana is the 639^th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 409 female individuals (and as a middle name to 59 more), and also belongs to 10 male individuals (and as a middle name to 27 more, making it more common as a middle name), according toFebruary 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Anna,anna,naan

Nana

1. Rōmaji transcription ofなな

• IPA^(key): /ˈnana/,[ˈna̠na̠],[ˈnɑ̟nɑ̟]

Nana

1. Aphetic form ofAnana(“supreme being”)

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