nonna en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈnoʊnə/
- /ˈnɒnə/
- /ˈnɔːnə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.
Meanings
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(informal) A grandmother, especially one with Italian ancestry.
An article last month in The Daily News talked about Enoteca Maria, a restaurant in Staten Island that has no professional chef, just a rotating roster of eight nonnas, or grandmothers, from different regions of Italy.
2009 July 29, Alex Witchel, “Borscht: What Would Nana Say?”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nonnas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |