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sanna

sanna noun: a spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.

Noun

sanna (plural sannas)

  1. A spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.

Proper noun capitalized: Sanna

Sanna (plural Sannas)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Forms of sanna

Noun
pluralsannas
Proper noun
pluralSannas

Origin of sanna

Borrowed from Konkani सान्नां (sānnā̃).

* As an Italian surname, from Italian Sanna. * As a Dutch surname, reduced from Susanna. * As a Greek surname, spelling variant of Sannas, from σανός (sanós, “hay”).

Questions about sanna

What does sanna mean?
Sanna means a spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.
What part of speech is sanna?
Sanna can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sanna?
The plural of sanna is sannas.

Words near sanna in the dictionary

  1. Sanmin
  2. Sanmin zhuyi
  3. Sanming
  4. Sanmu
  5. sann hemp
  6. sanna
  7. sannakji
  8. sannas
  9. Sanner
  10. Sanners
  11. Sannes

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