Nancy

[nan-see, nahn-see]

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noun

a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
Also Nancee, Nancie. a female given name, form of Ann or Anna.
(sometimes lowercase)��nance.

nancy

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noun

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1. an effeminate or homosexual boy or man
2. ( as modifier )
  his nancy ways

Nancy

/ ˈ��æ�Բ�ɪ, ˈnɑ̃si /

noun

a city in NE France: became the capital of the dukes of Lorraine in the 12th century, becoming French in 1766; administrative and financial centre. Pop: 103��605 (1999)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Nancy¹

C20: from the girl's name Nancy

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Example Sentences

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“Nancy Feldman was someone I trusted. Someone I believed in. Someone who was supposed to help me grow. Someone who was supposed to protect me,” Cooper wrote Thursday on Instagram.

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“I’m not talking about Nancy Reagan or the White House staff,” he said.

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Frank Sinatra's daughter, Nancy Sinatra, who enjoyed a high-profile music career around the time of The Beach Boys' heyday, shared a picture with Brian Wilson on Instagram.

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We were in good shape with 2016’s “The Shallows”; Blake Lively playing a doctor named Nancy who has a passion for surfing when she’s not stitching up patients is great, solid groundwork to build upon.

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I’ve covered Nancy Pelosi for more than three decades and never once heard her utter a curse word, in public or private.

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