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NANNA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
God of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)
Domain region:
Sumer (an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Norse mythology) wife of Balder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Nanna" is a kind of...):
Norse deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen)
Domain category:
Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The mother of your father or mother
Synonyms:
gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny; nan; nanna
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("nanna" is a kind of...):
grandparent (a parent of your father or mother)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nanna"):
nan (your grandmother)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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