nonna

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nonna

/ˈnɒnə/
/ˈnɔːnə/
/ˈnoʊnə/

Rhymes with -ɒnə, -ɔːnə, -əʊnə

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Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun.

noun nonnas

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.

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"nonna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nonna. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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nonna. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nonna

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"nonna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nonna.

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@misc{nonna_2026,
  title = {nonna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonna},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}