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Definition of Nanna
1. Noun. The mother of your father or mother.
Generic synonyms: Grandparent
Specialized synonyms: Nan
Language type: Britain, Britain
2. Noun. (Norse mythology) wife of Balder.
3. Noun. God of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin.
Definition of Nanna
1. Proper noun. (Norse mythology) A goddess, the wife of Balder. ¹
2. Proper noun. The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology. ¹
3. Noun. grandmother ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nanna
1. a she-goat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nanna
Literary usage of Nanna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1845)
"She lived a short, dazzling, fashionable and unhappy life, and die<l in her
twenty-eighth year. Lady Fanny . did not join her lover in the grave. She "Nanna ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"Thus, in the red light of the glowing peats, with the stormy world around them,
to David and Nanna the winter months wore away. When Nanna was able to weep, ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Theodore Tilton in One Volume: With a Preface by Theodore Tilton (1897)
""Balder the Beautiful'—and Nanna his bride—are impersonations of the brief northern
summer. And such a summer! Yachts that sail on July evenings across ..."
4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1884)
"He disarmed Thor, put Baldur lo flight, and married Nanna. ... We see from this
story that Nanna may be regarded either as the pride of Baldur or of Hodur, ..."
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