Nanna
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Nan·na
(nä′nä)n. Mythology
The Mesopotamian god of the full moon.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
2. | ![]() Norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity Norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen | |
3. | Nanna - god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin 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 |
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