• IPA: /næn/

nan (plural nans)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of maid#English|maid: a servant girl. [1599]
2. (slang, obsolete) Synonym of nancy#English|nancy: an effeminate male homosexual. [1670]
3. (UK, affectionate) Synonym of nursemaid#English|nursemaid. [1940]
4. (British, affectionate) Synonym of grandmother#English|grandmother. [1955]

   We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.

• (RP) IPA: /næn/, /nɑːn/
• (GA) IPA: /næn/, /nɑn/

nan (plural nans)

1. Alternative spelling of naan

1. A female given name and Nancy.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     My Nan shall be the queen of all the fairies, / Finely attired in a robe of white.

1. A province in Thailand.
2. A city in Thailand.

nan

1. (computing) Acronym of not a number: applied to numeric values that represent an undefined or unrepresentable value, such as zero divided by itself.

1. Initialism of National Assembly of Nigeria

nan

1. NMDA antagonist neurotoxicity.
2. IATA code for Nadi International Airport.
3. (computing) Alternative form of NaN not a number