Noun: nanna na-nu
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: Brit, informal
- Informal term for grandmother
"nanna always had freshly baked cookies when they visited";
- grandma, grandmother, granny [Brit], grannie [Brit], gran [Brit, informal], nan [Brit, informal], grandmama [archaic], grandmamma [archaic], nana [informal], nanny [Brit, informal]
- (Norse mythology) wife of Balder
- God of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
Derived forms: nannas
Type of: grandparent, Norse deity, Semitic deity
Encyclopedia: Nanna, North 24 Parganas