nan

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun your grandmother
  2. noun the mother of your father or mother
  3. noun a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya

Etymology

From Nan, pet form of the formerly very common female given names Anne and Agnes. As a nursemaid and grandmother, a clipping of earlier nana, from nanny under the probable influence of mama, also from Nan. Compare Mary.

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