Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Mesopotamian god of the full moon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The wife of Balder.
- noun (Sumerian mythology) The god of the moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin.
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- proper noun Norse mythology A
goddess , the wife of Balder. - proper noun The god of the
moon inSumerian mythology.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the mother of your father or mother
- noun god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
- noun (Norse mythology) wife of Balder
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the smooth greensward, which they called Nanna's carpet, beneath the shade of ash-trees and elms, he who played Old
The Story of Siegfried James Baldwin 1883
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Lillian calls her Nanna Weenie and we talk about her and look at photos.
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She was sitting in the same chair beside the cradle in which she had sat in the morning, for she had called Nanna to move the box at a time when the child had been taken out for its second airing.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) J. Andr�� [Illustrator] Castaigne 1881
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The wearer of the coat, who was the young man who had carried the knapsack and had called Nanna his little naiad, a term which he supposed she did not understand, cast himself upon the grass near the trunk of the tree.
The Home in the Valley Emilie Flygare-Carle��n 1849
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So it isn't clear why he walked into their bedroom a few weeks later, flipped on the lights and shot his grandfather -- whom he grew up calling "Pop-pop" -- through the mouth and his grandmother ( "Nanna") through the back of the head.
Pardoning Pittman 2008
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"Nanna" is the daughter of Gewar, and Balder sees her bathing and falls in love with her, as madly as Frey with Gertha in Skirnismal.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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"Daddy, we tried to call Nanna on the car phone, but we got some man named 'Putin'.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2009
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Fact is, a few cheeky nicknames aside, '' Nanna '' Nixon - aka '' Mrs Doubtfire '' - was not a victim of gender bias, more likely a beneficiary of it.
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Fans from all over the world have fallen in love with these stories and wait patiently as wonderful people such as Nanna and the Eskimo Kiss Project girls subtitle these clips and upload them for all of us to see.
AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters snicks 2010
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Savona also includes several family recipes from Malta, such as Nanna's rice salad, which I'm anxious to try.
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