Nanna

Nan·na

 (nä′nä)

n. Mythology

The Mesopotamian god of the full moon.

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[Sumerian nannar, nanna, from Akkadian nannāru, luminary; see nwr in Semitic roots.]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nanna - the mother of your father or mother gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan 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.	Nanna - (Norse mythology) wife of Balder   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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