nan
IPA: nˈæn
noun
- (obsolete) Synonym of maid: a servant girl.
- (slang, obsolete) Synonym of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual.
- (UK, endearing) Synonym of nursemaid.
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, endearing) Synonym of grandmother.
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter N.
- A diminutive of the female given name Ann and Nancy.
- A province of Thailand.
- A city in Thailand.
- NMDA antagonist neurotoxicity.
- Alternative spelling of naan [A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.]
- (computing) Acronym of not a number: applied to numeric values that represent an undefined or unrepresentable value, such as zero divided by itself.
- Initialism of National Assembly of Nigeria.
- (computing) Alternative form of NaN (not a number)
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Examples of "nan" in Sentences
- Fu-nan, which is the southern corner of Jambudvîpa.
- My nan was a topless mermaid in her time on the south coast.
- My nan was a very wise woman as well as a very straightforward woman.
- My nan was a very wise woman as well as a very straight forward woman.
- As for the word nan, the traditional Chinese view sees the north as the political center, so
- She said: My nan was a topless mermaid and people used to pay money to look through and see her.
- 27Xu states that xi'nan is both a geographical and historical concept that is divided into three stages.
- Fang Guoyu's definition of xi'nan is similar to Skinner's Yunnan-Guizhou, and has been accepted by James Lee.
- Uzbek nan is a somewhat flat bread, round in shape with a depressed middle often with a floral impression design.
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