English

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nana

1. An affectionate term for one's grandmother.
2. A governess (informal, originally British).

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Nana

1. A Japanese female given name

Anagrams

• Anna, anna, naan

Danish

Etymology

Baby talk form of several names containing the letters a and n (Anne, Johanne, etc). In some cases from Émile Zola's novel Nana (1880). Compare also Nanna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnana]

Proper noun

Nana ‎(c)

1. A female given name.

Finnish

Etymology

Baby talk form of several names containing the letters a and n (Anna, Johanna, etc). In some cases from Émile Zola's novel Nana (1880).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑnɑ/
• Hyphenation: Na‧na

Proper noun

Nana

1. A female given name.

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

Nana

1. rōmaji reading of なな

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: näʹnə, IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

nana ‎(plural nanas)

1. (informal) A banana, the fruit.
2. (slang) A fool.

   You look a right nana dressed up like that.

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of nanna.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nănʹə, IPA^(key): /ˈnænə/
• Rhymes: -ænə

Noun

nana ‎(plural nanas)

1. (informal, term of endearment) One's grandmother.
2. A nanny.

Anagrams

• anna, Anna
• naan

Asturian

Adjective

nana

1. feminine singular of nanu

Bambara

Verb

nana

1. Past tense of na.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na‧na

Noun

nana

1. (uncountable) pus

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• nanna

Pronoun

nana

1. something

Darkinjung

Pronoun

nana

1. him (3rd person singular accusative)

Esperanto

Etymology

Compare Spanish enano, enana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /'nana/

Adjective

nana ‎(accusative singular nanan, plural nanaj, accusative plural nanajn)

1. dwarf

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *nanaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

French

Etymology

Diminutive form of Anne, Anna, popularised after Zola's 1880 novel Nana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.na/

Noun

nana f ‎(plural nanas)

1. (slang) chick, bird (especially when attractive)

Anagrams

• Anna

Garawa

Determiner

nana

1. that

Synonyms

• nanda

References

• Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nána

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nána

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Italian

Adjective

nana

1. feminine singular of nano

Noun

nana f ‎(plural nane)

1. (female) dwarf

Anagrams

• Anna

Ivatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Japanese

Romanization

nana

1. rōmaji reading of なな

Krisa

Pronoun

nana

1. I

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.na/

Noun

nāna f ‎(genitive nānae); first declension

1. dwarf (female)

Related terms

• nānus

Declension

First declension.

References

• nana in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nana in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnana]

Noun

nana

1. genitive singular of nan
2. accusative singular of nan
3. nominative dual of nan

Malay

Etymology

From Tamil அண்ணா ‎(aṇṇā).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /nanə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /nana/
• Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

Noun

nana

1. brother (older male sibling)

See also

• abang
• kakak
• engko
• uda

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• MED phonemes: {nahnah}
• IPA phonemes: /nʲaɰnʲaɰ/
• IPA articulation: [nʲæ͡ɑɑ̯nʲæ͡ɑɑ̯]

Adjective

nana

1. bad
2. wicked
3. evil
4. inedible

References

• Marshallese-English Online Dictionary

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nana ‎(mutated form nana)

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Northern Paiute

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nana/

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla náxanish

Noun

nana ‎(plural naana)

1. man

Portuguese

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

1. nap; a quick or little sleep

Verb

nana

1. third-person singular present indicative of nanar
2. second-person singular affirmative imperative of nanar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎːna/
• Hyphenation: na‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

nána f ‎(Cyrillic spelling на́на)

1. mother
2. grandmother

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish نعنع ‎(nane), from Arabic نَعْنَع ‎(naʿnaʿ), نَعْنَاع ‎(naʿnāʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎːna/
• Hyphenation: na‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

nána f ‎(Cyrillic spelling на́на)

1. mint

Synonyms

• mètvica

References

• “nana” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “nana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Simeulue

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Spanish

Etymology

Echoic/imitative.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nana]

Noun

nana f ‎(plural nanas)

1. (Latin America) nanny
2. (colloquial) granny, grandmother
3. lullaby

Synonyms

• (nanny): niñera
• (granny): abuela, yaya
• (lullaby): canción de cuna

Tahitian

Interjection

nana

1. bye, goodbye

Toba Batak

Alternative forms

• ᯉᯉ

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nana ‎(Batak spelling ᯉᯉ)

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Wanyi

Determiner

nana

1. that

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)