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Nana vs Nonna - What's the difference?

nana | nonna |

As nouns the difference between nana and nonna

is that nana is short form of banana, the fruit while nonna is grandmother.

As a proper noun Nana

is an affectionate term for one's grandmother.

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 ----

    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. }} ----