nan
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9.1
- noun
- /næn/
- Baby Talk
:
nana
- Can you remind me to call my nan later? I want to see how she's doing.
When I see my nan cry, I'm losing my pap.
- When I see my nan cry, I'm losing my pap.
- But the relationship between my father, my nan and myself is quite good.
- Then what was it about your nan that was golden?
- It's like he's like my nan who who had dementia.
- Because her mum, my Nan is the loveliest woman in the world.
- I did like my step dad was really Catholic, my nan and granddad devoutly.
- So I live with my nan from about two years old.
- I moved in with my nan on the estate when I was three.
- But like when I could properly shuffle like my Nan's a card player.
- No one knew except for me and Sharon and mum and Nan and granddad how our father died.
- Those summers we would spend at my Nana's house, Nan and Pop had a boatyard were magical.
- And then actually I came along and at the same time my Nan was pregnant with my auntie.
- No, your nan and granddad, but they can see ghosts, so they're mental.
- Those summers we would spend at my Nana's house, Nan and Pop had a boat yard were magical.
- My nan and Papa's house, like they got me this gig.
Examples
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I moved in with my nan on the estate when I was three.
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His nan's been telling him the old ways.
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But the relationship between my father, my nan and myself is quite good.
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But can you ask my nan what I should have for tea?
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So I live with my nan from about two years old.
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But you know what my nan used to say?
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Did you get your card from your nan?
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Because her mum, my Nan is the loveliest woman in the world.
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Ah, sorry, bruv, I've got to look after my nan tomorrow.
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My nan says there's literally nothing a hot bath couldn't solve.
Synonyms
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1.0
A mother of one of your parents
468
1.0
A woman who is the mother of your father or mother
173
7.9
A friendly name used for your grandmother
47
1.0
An older woman who is your grandmother or a friendly older family member
38
5.3
A woman who is the mother of your mother or father
20
5.0
A loving old-fashioned word for the mother of your parent
8
9.5
An affectionate word for grandmother used in some South Asian families
5
9.9
A warm name for a grandmother in Jewish families
4
2.0
The mother of your mother or father
4
8.1
An old-fashioned, loving name for a child's grandmother
3
7.2
A friendly name family members use for a grandmother
1
9.7
A loving name for an older woman used like a grandmother
1
1.0
An older woman who is the mother of one of your parents
1
8.7
An older woman who is the mother of your parent
1
2.9
A friendly name family members use for a grandmother
1
9.9
An old-fashioned word for a grandmother
A grandmother who is called by the French word
A loving name family members use for a grandmother
A grandmother in families with German or Dutch background
Compounds
A river in western Thailand that flows south to join the Ping River and form the Chao Phraya River
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nan for 'grandmother' is a child's short form of family names like nana or nanna, a simple baby word used in English and many other languages. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the warm, close name a child gives to their grandmother.