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nan
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nan has 4 senses
- nan(n = noun.person) Array - your grandmother; Array is a kind of gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan, nanna
- nan(n = noun.person) gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny, nanna - the mother of your father or mother; Array is a kind of grandparent
- nan(n = noun.object) nan river - a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya; Array is a part of kingdom of thailand, siam, thailand
- nan(n = noun.food) naan - leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop; Array is a kind of bread, breadstuff, staff of life
has particulars: nan
is a kind of river
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nan, n. (also nana, nanna) Brit. colloq. grandmother.
Etymology
childish pronunc.
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