Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nan

4 senses of nan

Sense 1
nan -- (your grandmother)
       => grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna -- (the mother of your father or mother)

Sense 2
grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna -- (the mother of your father or mother)
       => grandparent -- (a parent of your father or mother)

Sense 3
Nan, Nan River -- (a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")

Sense 4
nan, naan -- (leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop)
       => bread, breadstuff, staff of life -- (food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked)