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Nanner etymology

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English word nanner comes from Wolof banaana (Banana.)

Detailed word origin of nanner

Dictionary entry Language Definition
banaana Wolof (wol) Banana.
banana English (en) Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight. (North America, Europe) Especially, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar.. (mildly, pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside). Compare or .. (nuclear physics) [...]
nanner English (en) (informal) banana.

Words with the same origin as nanner

Descendants of banaana

banana nana