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"NANA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an apple". |
Date "NANA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1890. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | NANA // [Usenet] The newsgroups news.admin.net-abuse.*, devoted to fighting spam and network abuse. Each individual newsgroup is often referred to by adding a letter to NANA. For example, NANAU would refer to news.admin.net-abuse.usenet. When spam began to be a serious problem around 1995, and a loose network of anti-spammers formed to combat it, spammers immediately accused them of being the backbone cabal, or the Cabal reborn. Though this was not true, spam-fighters ironically accepted the label and the tag line "There is No Cabal" reappeared (later, and now commonly, abbreviated to "TINC"). Nowadays "the Cabal" is generally understood to refer to the NANA regulars. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
NANA | English | N-acetylneuraminic acid | Chemistry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bad Man | Villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash, caitiff; wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, basilisk, urchin; tiger, monster; devil; (demon); devil incarnate; demon in human shape, Nana Sahib; hellhound, hellcat; rakehell. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: NANA |
| Specialty definitions using "NANA": Campbells are Coming ♦ TINC. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "NANA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Chamorro (mother), Esperanto (dwarf, midget), French (babe, bird, doll, girl, girlfriend, Moll, pussy), Hungarian (hoity-toity), Kongo (eight), Serbo-Croatian (mint, peppermint), Spanish (grandma, lullaby). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Your Nana is missing because she's been passing those bum checks all over town and she finally pissed off the wrong people (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Nana Lanu, who's she (Victor/Victoria; writing credit: Blake Edwards; Hans Hoemburg) | |
Lyrics | Nana nana nananana na na nana nana (Request Line; performing artist: Black Eyed Peas) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Nana Mouskouri (1971) Presenting Nana Mouskouri (1968) Nana (1968) Vengeance of Nana (1915) Nana (1914) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Egg of Hymenolepis nana. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Endolimax nana cyst. Iodine stain. Parasite, ameba. Credit: CDC. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Hymenolepis nana and H. diminuta infections are most often asymptomatic. (references) | |
Adult Hymenolepis nana reside in the ileal portion of the small intestine. (references) | ||
Entamoeba histolytica must be differentiated from other intestinal protozoa such as the nonpathogenic amebas E. coli, E. hartmanni, E. polecki, E. gingivalis, Endolimax nana, and Iodamoeba buetschlii , and from the possibly pathogenic Dientamoeba fragilis (which is not an ameba but a flagellate). (references) | ||
Human Rights | Georgia | Nana Devdariani, the ombudsman, asked for Asanidze's dismissal following the results of a medical examination of Tukvadze; Asanidze subsequently was dismissed. (references) |
Ghana | The December 31st Women's Movement (DWM), an NGO run by former First Lady Nana Konadu Rawlings and closely associated with the former government, was the subject of a region-by-region government audit, with Regional Ministries sending letters on behalf of the National Security Coordinator to the regional DWM organizers requesting disclosure of their assets. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Togo | On July 27, the radio station Nana FM reported that four Togolese children, allegedly serving as slaves in Cote d'Ivoire, were repatriated. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "NANA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 64.71% of the time. "NANA" is used about 170 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 64.71% | 110 | 30,952 |
| Noun (proper) | 35.29% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Total | 100.00% | 170 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "NANA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Nana | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,677 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "NANA": Hulsea nana. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
nana | 924 | nana patekar | 14 |
nana mouskouri | 256 | nana system wall | 13 |
nana katase | 202 | nana pancha | 12 |
nana visitor | 107 | co.il nana | 11 |
anna nana | 77 | hymenolepis nana | 11 |
horiuchi nana | 70 | israel nana | 10 |
nana plaza | 50 | bangkok nana plaza | 10 |
nana sakura | 50 | caymmi nana | 10 |
endolimax nana | 45 | grill nana | 10 |
co il nana | 44 | door nana | 9 |
gouvea nana | 34 | chat nana | 9 |
gouveia nana | 26 | nana poem | 9 |
nana hotel bangkok | 22 | music nana | 8 |
nana hotel | 21 | movie nana | 8 |
kawashima nana | 18 | lonely nana | 8 |
lil miss nana | 17 | nana sexy | 8 |
lyrics mouskouri nana | 15 | ai nana yazawa | 7 |
fotos gouvea nana | 14 | emile nana zola | 7 |
nana visitor nude | 14 | nana super | 7 |
lil nana | 14 | colt nana | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "NANA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | trottel (blithering idiot, booby, clown, dolt, dope, dumbbell, idiot, jerk, lubbers, moron, mug, nincompoop, ninny, oaf, rube, sap, schmuck, softies, sucker, twit, Wally, zombie), oma (grandma, grandmother, granny, nan, nanny), Amme (foster mother, nurse). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ananay.(various references) | |
Turkish | nine (Goody, gran, grandam, grandma, Grandmamma, grandmother, grannie, granny, progenitress). (various references) | |
Turkmen | eneke. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "NANA": nanas. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "NANA": banana, jnana, manana, zanana, zenana. (additional references) | |
Words containing "NANA": bananas, jnanas, mananas, nonanalytic, nonanatomic, unanalyzable, unanalyzed, zananas, zenanas. (additional references) | |
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"NANA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anjana, annah, annaw, anni, Anyanya, iana, inana, Inyanza, naa, naaa, Na'am, Naama, naan, Naba, Nabaa, Naca, nadab, Naea, Naena, Nafnaf, naga, nagna, naha, nahar, Naini, Naja, Najafi, Najah, naka, Nakai, Nala, nama, namn, nanac, Nanai, nanaw, Nanbai, Nand, nanda, nane, nang, nanga, nani, nanic, nanil, nank, Nanka, nankai, nann, Nanni, nano, nans, nanu, nanum, narnian, nasa, nata, navn, naya, Nbaa, Ncna, Ncni, nena, Nenda, nene, ne-ne, Nenia, Ngana, Nganga, Nhanh, Ninfa, nini, nino, Njala, Nkama, Nkanga, nna, Nnaa, nne, noan, Nqaba, Ntaba, nuan, numnah, Nunaa, nuni, Nunna, Nwaha, Nwanza, nyaaah, Nyanga, Nyanna, nyanya, Nyanza, Nzanda, Nzang, Onania, zana. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "NANA" (pronounced na"nu) |
| 4 | n a" n u | banana. |
| 3 | -a" n u | Anna, arcana, bandana, cabana, dulciana, grana, Kana, Lantana, manna, piano, savanna, savannah. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anna, naan. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-n-n" | |
-1 letter: ana, nan. | |
-2 letters: aa, an, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-n-n" | |
+1 letter: annal, annas, canna, jnana, manna, naans, nanas. | |
+2 letters: alanin, ananke, angina, annals, anneal, annual, anuran, banana, banian, banyan, cancan, cannas, goanna, jnanas, kanban, manana, mannan, mannas, nagana, natant, randan, vanman, wangan, zanana, zenana. | |
+3 letters: abandon, aeonian, alanine, alanins, anankes, anconal, andante, anginal, anginas, anhinga, anlagen, annates, annatto, anneals, annuals, annular, antenna, antiman, anurans, bananas, bandana, banians, banyans, bonanza, canakin, cancans, cannula, cantina, canzona, goannas, hangman, hanuman, hosanna, infanta, infauna, kanbans, landman, lantana, madonna, manakin, mananas, mannans, naganas, nandina, nirvana, nunatak, pandani, randans, sandman, savanna, swanpan, tannage, tannate, wangans, wanigan, wannabe, xanthan, zananas, zenanas. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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