Nan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nan"

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æn

Proper noun

Nan

A diminutive of the female given name Ann and Nancy.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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

A province of Thailand.
A city in Thailand.

Translations

a province of Thailand

Thai: น่าน (th) (nâan)

a city in Thailand

Thai: น่าน (th) (nâan)

Anagrams

ANN, Ann, Ann., ann, ann.

Scots

Proper noun

Nan

A diminutive of the female given name Agnes.

See also

Aggie, Annie, Nansie, Nannie, Nanse

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