Definitions
leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
Word origin
From Nan, pet form of the formerly very common female given names Anne and Agnes. As a nursemaid and grandmother, a clipping of earlier nana, from nanny under the probable influence of mama, also from Nan. Compare Mary.
Used in a sentence
“We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.”
“Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.”
“My Nan shall be the queen of all the fairies, / Finely attired in a robe of white.”
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01“Flatbread”3 letters
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