Nancy
See also: nancy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnænsi/
- Rhymes: -ænsi
Proper noun
Nancy (plural Nancys)
- A female given name.
- 1792 Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss:
- I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,
- Naething could resist my Nancy:
- But to see her was to love her;
- Love but her, and love forever.
- 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 7:
- "And they've got lovely names, too. You'll like their names," sighed Nancy. "They're 'Algernon' and 'Florabelle' and 'Estelle'. I - I just hate Nancy!"
- "Oh, Nancy, what a dreadful thing to say! Why?"
- "Because it isn't pretty like the others. You see, I was the first baby, and mother hadn't begun ter read so many stories with the pretty names in them, then."
- 1792 Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɑ̃.si/
Etymology 2
From the medieval name, Medieval Latin Nanciacum, from Old High German Nanzig.
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