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nonnas

nonnas is the plural of nonna.

Meaning of nonna

Noun

nonna (plural nonnas)

  1. (informal) 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

Questions about nonnas

What is nonnas the plural of?
Nonnas is the plural of nonna.

Words near nonnas in the dictionary

  1. nonnarcissists
  2. nonnarcotic
  3. nonnarcotics
  4. nonnarrative
  5. nonnarratives
  6. nonnas
  7. nonnasal
  8. nonnasals
  9. nonnasopharyngeal
  10. nonnat
  11. nonnational

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