nonna
/ˈnɒnə/
nonna noun: a grandmother, especially one with Italian ancestry.
Noun
nonna (plural nonnas)
- A grandmother, especially one with Italian ancestry.
- 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.2009 July 29, Alex Witchel, “Borscht: What Would Nana Say?”, in New York Times
Forms of nonna
| plural | nonnas |
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Origin of nonna
Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.
Words that rhyme with nonna
Questions about nonna
- What does nonna mean?
- Nonna means a grandmother, especially one with Italian ancestry.
- What part of speech is nonna?
- Nonna is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nonna?
- Nonna is pronounced /ˈnɒnə/.
- What is the plural of nonna?
- The plural of nonna is nonnas.
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