nonna
Noun
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nonna (plural nonnas)
(usually in reference to someone’s Italian ascendents) grandmother
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Because we didn’t have time for the long simmering of a Neapolitan ragu, someone brought in a large potfull, saying that his own nonna, or grandmother, had made it for us!
He delighted in street food, in the out-of-the-way places you won't find in the guidebook, or dining at the table of some Italian nonna and sharing in the tales of her family.
Via di San Simone, 70, and the crema della nonna (caramelized pine nut) must surely rank as one of the best in Rome.
My mother, daughter of the owner of a trattoria in Términi Imerese, my nonna Serafina LaPaglia, cooked, served tables, crocheted tablecloths at a level that in these days would make her an artist.
The first version of Scrooge's grandmother, Nonna Jenny, looks like Aunt Eider.
Third tale (VI, 3) Monna Nonna de' Pulci by a ready retort silences the scarce seemly jesting of the Bishop of Florence.