NAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nan mean? 

• NAN (noun)
  The noun NAN has 4 senses:

1. your grandmother

2. the mother of your father or mother

3. a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya

4. leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop

  Familiarity information: NAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Your grandmother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("nan" is a kind of...):

gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny; nan; nanna (the mother of your father or mother)

Domain region:

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The mother of your father or mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny; nan; nanna

Hypernyms ("nan" is a kind of...):

grandparent (a parent of your father or mother)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nan"):

nan (your grandmother)

Domain region:

Britain (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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Nan; Nan River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Nan" is a part of...):

Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

naan; nan

Hypernyms ("nan" is a kind of...):

bread; breadstuff; staff of life (food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked)

 Context examples 

While I dress, do you drill her, Nan, in the management of her skirt and those French heels, or she will trip herself up.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was nothing at all unusual for Mr. Micawber to sob violently at the beginning of one of these Saturday night conversations, and sing about Jack's delight being his lovely Nan, towards the end of it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"About your age," Nan said.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)