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Nanna   /nˈænə/   Listen
Nanna

noun
1.
The mother of your father or mother.  Synonyms: gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny, nan.
2.
(Norse mythology) wife of Balder.
3.
God of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin.





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"Nanna" Quotes from Famous Books



... delivered. Inexorable! Hela will not, for Odin or any God, give him up. The beautiful and gentle has to remain there. His Wife had volunteered to go with him, to die with him. They shall forever remain there. He sends his ring to Odin; Nanna his wife sends her thimble to Frigga, as ...
— Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History • Thomas Carlyle


Words linked to "Nanna" :   Sumer, Britain, grannie, Norse mythology, grandparent, Semitic deity, Norse deity


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