English

Proper noun

Nona

1. (Roman mythology) The youngest of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the spinner of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Clotho.

Coordinate terms

• Morta
• Decima

Anagrams

• anon, Anon
• nano, Nano

Ambonese Malay

Noun

nona

1. young lady

Hawaiian

Pronoun

nona

1. for him/her/it; his, hers, its; whose, for whom

Usage notes

• Applied to o-type possessions.

Related terms

• kona

Indonesian

Noun

nona

1. miss (young unmarried woman)

Italian

Adjective

nona

1. feminine singular of nono

Anagrams

• anno
• nano

Ladino

Etymology

From Late Latin nonna.

Noun

nona f ‎(Latin spelling)

1. grandmother

Coordinate terms

• (gender): nono

Latin

Numeral

nōna

1. feminine of nōnus

References

• nona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• NONA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nona”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) on the day after, which was September 5th: postridie qui fuit dies Non. Sept. (Nonarum Septembrium) (Att. 4. 1. 5)
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.na/, /ˈno.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: no‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin nōna, feminine of nōnus ‎(“ninth”).

Alternative forms

• 9ª

Adjective

nona ‎(plural, comparable)

1. Feminine singular form of nono.

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Venetian nona ‎(“grandmother”).

Noun

nona f (plural nonas)

1. (familiar, South Brazil, São Paulo) grandmother

Synonyms

• avó, vó

Etymology 3

From Late Latin nonna ‎(“nun”).

Noun

nona f (plural nonas)

1. (Christianity) nun

Synonyms

• freira, irmã

Venetian

Etymology

From Late Latin nonna. Compare Italian nonna

Noun

nona f (plural none) (Masculine: nono)

1. grandmother