Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- CapeAnn A peninsula of northeast Massachusetts projecting into the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Gloucester.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as annat.
Wiktionary
- n. A female given name.
- abbr. Anniversary.
- abbr. Annual.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Scots Law) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.
Etymologies
- The English form of Vulgate Latin Anna, from Ἄννα (Anna), the Ancient Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew female name חנה ("Hannah"), meaning "grace, gracious". (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Ann Taylor Stores Corp., which has now donned the name Ann Inc., completed a three-year turnaround effort by posting its best results since 2007.”
“The new line plays with palettes of neutrals, navy and white, and spring tweeds, and mixes them with pops of lavendar, citrine, or even leopard (don't forget "Ann" is part of "animal," the lookbook reminds us).”
“I’ve always liked a K better than a C—just as I’ve thought the name Ann should always have an e at the end.”
“An assistant attorney general for the State of Michigan is waging an ugly one-man crusade against the first openly-gay student body president at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.”
The Washington Post: Michigan asst. AG cyber bullies gay student assembly president
“President Obama gives the commencement address at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on May 1.”
“What was it like living in Ann Arbor for two years?”
“Football is a big deal in Ann Arbor, but Michael Phelps was training there while you were living there.”
“Sociologist Pamela Smock of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor considers the data definitive.”
“We're waiting for the snowpocalypse. tea today: peppermint teacup today: the little orange and white Chinese teacup I got at a Chinese grocery in Ann Arbor.”
“Feb. 2nd, 2010 at 6: 41 PM teacup tonight: the blue and gold Chinese one I bought in Ann Arbor with colomon tea tonight: liquorice spice miles to Isengard: 147.1 228”
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