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nan  (nän, nn)
n.
Variant of naan.
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Noun1.nannan - your grandmother
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - 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
gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny, nanna, nan - the mother of your father or mother
2.nannan - the mother of your father or mother
grandparent - a parent of your father or mother
nan - your grandmother
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - 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
3.nanNan - a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya
Kingdom of Thailand, Siam, Thailand - a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula; "Thailand is the official name of the former Siam"
4.nan - leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
bread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

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Chiang Nan's a hundred miles, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face.
And now Nan Bellayne wants to know if she and her sister can come out this afternoon and draw Nan Bellayne's pay?
Miss Crow, the daughter of a farmer; John Giddish, himself a farmer; Nan Slouch, Esther Codling, Will Spray, Tom Bennet; the three Misses Potter, whose father keeps the sign of the Red Lion; Betty Chambermaid, Jack Ostler, and many others of inferior note, lay rolling among the graves.
 
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