Definitions for nanna

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna(noun)

    the mother of your father or mother

  2. Nanna(noun)

    (Norse mythology) wife of Balder

  3. Nanna(noun)

    god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin

Wiktionary

  1. nanna(Noun)

    grandmother

  2. Nanna(ProperNoun)

    The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.

  3. Origin: Possibly derived from nana.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Nanna

    in the Norse mythology the wife of Balder, the sun-god; distinguished for her conjugal fidelity, threw herself on the funeral pyre of her husband, and descended to the shades along with him; when the pair were entreated to return, he sent his ring to Odin and she her thimble to Frigga.


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