nana

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nan·a / ˈnanə/ • n. inf. one's grandmother.

Ñāna

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Ñāna: see JÑĀNA (Buddhism).

Nana

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Nana in Barrie's Peter Pan (1911), name of the dog which is the children's nurse. Because Mr Darling has ordered Nana to be shut outside in her kennel, the nursery is left unguarded.

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