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nancy

/ˈnænsi/

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What does nancy mean?

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of nancy.

proper noun

  1. A female given name.
  2. A city in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, north-eastern France.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (derogatory, offensive, slang) An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈnænsi/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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On instituting this inquiry, it turned out that the last person who had set eyes on Rosanna was Nancy, the kitchenmaid.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
A curious feature of the trial was the appearance for the defence of a M. Liegeois, a professor of law at Nancy.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
More book examples (3)
If the event ever happens, I shall certainly travel to Nancy, to hear her talk of ma belle-fille la Reine de France.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
He gathered himself together at last, set the gun over the fence, and climbing after it, caught Nancy, who had feasted to plethora on young corn.
Gene Stratton-PorterThe Song of the CardinalProject Gutenberg ebook #533
But by-and-by Nancy, in her attic, became portentously worse, the supposed tumor having indeed given way to the blister, but only wandered to another region with angrier pain.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145