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Donna vs Nonna - What's the difference?

donna | nonna |

As nouns the difference between donna and nonna

is that donna is a lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy while nonna is grandmother.

As a proper noun Donna

is {{given name|female|from=Italian}}.

donna

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
  • * 1837 , Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences (page 65)
  • What are the songs of Italy, sung as they are by the donnas of the scenic board, but a replication of squalls and quavers, infinitely more annoying than the gibberish of crones
  • * 2005 , Burton D. Fisher, Mozart's Don Giovanni , page 22
  • In Don Giovanni's three female characters, the diverse spectrum of womanhood is rendered complete: the great opera seria character of the avenging Donna' Anna, the sentimental and spurned ' Donna Elvira, and the crafty but sympathetic peasant girl Zerlina.

    Synonyms

    * (lady) lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman

    Coordinate terms

    * (lady) don

    nonna

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) grandmother
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 29, author=Alex Witchel, title=Borscht: What Would Nana Say?, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=An article last month in The Daily News talked about Enoteca Maria, a restaurant in Staten Island that has no professional chef, just a rotating roster of eight nonnas , or grandmothers, from different regions of Italy. }} ----