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ann

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
3
Words With Friends
5
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/æn/
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/æn/ · [eən] · /an/

Definition of ann

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    “ramsden. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. / tanner. I mean our Ann, your Ann, Tavy's Ann, and now, Heaven help me, my Ann!”
    “Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.”
    “"Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it." "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"”
    ““Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!” said Ann Coulter on Twitter, referring to former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush.”
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name

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    “ramsden. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. / tanner. I mean our Ann, your Ann, Tavy's Ann, and now, Heaven help me, my Ann!”
    “Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.”
    “"Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it." "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"”
    ““Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!” said Ann Coulter on Twitter, referring to former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush.”
  2. A surname from Welsh.

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of anniversary.
  2. (obsolete)An annate.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of artificial neural network.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of approximate nearest neighbor.
  5. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of announcement, in e-mail or newsgroup subject lines.

adj

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable)Abbreviation of annual.

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Etymology

From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from…

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From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ana, Anna, Anne, and Hannah.

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