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nana | eugene |

As an adjective nana

is .

As a proper noun eugene is

, cognate to eugene.

nana

English

Etymology 1

An aphetic form of banana .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) Short form of banana, the fruit.
  • (slang) A fool.
    • You look a right nana dressed up like that.

    Etymology 2

    Variant spelling of nanna .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A pet name for one's grandmother.
  • A nanny.

    • Anagrams

    * * English heteronyms ----

    eugene

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • * 1796 , , After Blenheim
    • "Great praise the Duke of Marlb'ro' won / And our good Prince Eugene ." / "Why 'twas a very wicked thing!" / Said little Wilhelmine
  • * 2000 , David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader . Cork University Press. ISBN 1859182585, page 8
    • Eoghan (Owen) is frequently Eugene', and our own O'Curry, though he plucked up courage to prefix the O' to his name in later life, never discarded the ' Eugene , which, however, is far from being a monstrosity like most of our West-Britonized names
  • A town in Oregon

    • Related terms

    * Gene * Eugenia, Eugenie * Eugenius, Yevgeny