Nana vs Nonna - What's the difference?
nana | nonna |
(informal) Short form of banana, the fruit.
(slang) A fool.
(dialectal) grandmother
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 29, author=Alex Witchel, title=Borscht: What Would Nana Say?, work=New York Times
, 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. }}
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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)- You look a right nana dressed up like that.
Etymology 2
Variant spelling of nanna .Anagrams
* * English heteronyms ----nonna
English
Noun
(en noun)citation