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  • 21nan|di|na — «nan DY nuh, DEE », noun. an evergreen shrub of the barberry family, native to China and Japan. It reaches a height of about eight feet and is grn for its loose clusters of bright red berries and its thick foliage. ╂[< New Latin Nandina the… …

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  • 22Nan — Nan, interj. [For anan.] Anan. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23nan... — nan..., Nan... vgl. ↑nano..., Nano …

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  • 24nan- — *nan germ.: Quelle: Personenname (2. Jh.); Sonstiges: Reichert, Lexikon der altgermanischen Namen 2, 1990, 581 (Nan, Nana, Nanna, Nannien, Nannin) …

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  • 25nan — Ⅰ. nan [1] ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ one s grandmother. ORIGIN abbreviation of NANNY(Cf. ↑nanny), or a child s pronunciation of GRAN(Cf. ↑gran). Ⅱ. nan …

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  • 26nan|a — «NAN uh», noun. a woman employed to care for young children; nanny. ╂[probably alteration of nanny] …

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  • 27nan|cy — «NAN see», noun, plural cies. = nance. (Cf. ↑nance) …

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  • 28Nan|di — Nan|di1 «NAHN dee», noun, plural di or dis. 1. a member of an East African people living in western Kenya. 2. the Nilo Hamitic language of this people. Nan|di2 «NAHN dee», noun. Hinduism. a sacred bull whose image is placed before temples devoted …

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  • 29nan|du — «NAN doo», noun. = rhea. (Cf. ↑rhea) ╂[< Tupi Guarani (Brazil) ñandú] …

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  • 30nan|ny — «NAN ee», noun, plural nies, verb, nied, ny|ing. –n. 1. British. a woman who takes care of the young children of a particular family; child s nurse: »Mistress Nellie cross examined her on the subject of nannies (H. Allen Smith). 2. Informal. a… …

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