Nancy

See also: nancy

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnænsi/
  • Rhymes: -ænsi

Etymology 1

Medieval diminutive of Ann and Agnes.

Proper noun

Nancy (plural Nancys)

  1. A female given name.
    • 1792 Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss:
      I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,
      Naething could resist my Nancy:
      But to see her was to love her;
      Love but her, and love forever.
    • 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 7:
      "And they've got lovely names, too. You'll like their names," sighed Nancy. "They're 'Algernon' and 'Florabelle' and 'Estelle'. I - I just hate Nancy!"
      "Oh, Nancy, what a dreadful thing to say! Why?"
      "Because it isn't pretty like the others. You see, I was the first baby, and mother hadn't begun ter read so many stories with the pretty names in them, then."
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Etymology 2

Proper noun

Nancy

  1. A city in NE France.
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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nancy.

Proper noun

Nancy

  1. a female given name

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑ̃.si/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Nancy.

Proper noun

Nancy

  1. A female given name borrowed from English.

Etymology 2

From the medieval name, Medieval Latin Nanciacum, from Old High German Nanzig.

Proper noun

Nancy

  1. Nancy (the city).
Derived terms

Norman

Etymology

Proper noun

Nancy f

  1. A female given name.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nancy.

Proper noun

Nancy

  1. A female given name
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