Nan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nan"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Nan

1. A diminutive of the female given name Ann and Nancy.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     My Nan shall be the queen of all the fairies, / Finely attired in a robe of white.

Etymology

From Thai น่าน (nâan).

Proper noun

Nan

1. A province of Thailand.
2. A city in Thailand.

Translations

a province of Thailand

• Thai: น่าน (th) (nâan)
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a city in Thailand

• Thai: น่าน (th) (nâan)
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Anagrams

• ANN, Ann, Ann., ann, ann.

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Scots

Proper noun

Nan

1. a diminutive of the female given name Agnes.

See also

• Aggie, Annie, Nansie, Nannie, Nanse