Nanny
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English
Proper noun
Nanny
- A diminutive of the female given names Ann or Anne.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nanny in the 19th century.
Proper noun
Nanny
- a female given name
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
A portrait of Maroon leader Nanny is printed on the obverse, hence the term.
Noun
Nanny (plural Nanny dem, quantified Nanny)
- (slang) A J$500 banknote.
- Bredren, yuh can bruck a nanny?
- My friend, do you have change for a J$500?
- 2007, Melville Cooke, “What can a 'bills' do?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):
- “I do not know when the $100 became a 'bills', as it is commonly referred to (it has been more recently referred to as a 'dollar', no doubt as its purchasing power falls). Of course, the $500 note is known as a 'Nanny' and I am reminded of a story about a motorist's encounter with a traffic policeman. […] ”
See also
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Nanny
- (historical) Nanny of the Maroons — the Jamaican heroine.
- Every Jamaican love Granny Nanny.
- Every Jamaican loves Granny Nanny.
- 2006, Andrea Elizabeth Shaw, Andrea Shaw Nevins, The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies (in English), →ISBN, page 70:
- “The history of Jamaican national hero Nanny of the Maroons is also a narrative about the renegotiation of space — literal and figurative space. […] ”
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nanny in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Nanny c (genitive Nannys)
- a female given name