3 letters · 3 points in Scrabble
noun a woman religious
noun a buoy resembling a cone
noun the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
originFrom Middle English nonne, nunne, from Old English nunne (“nun”), from Late Latin nonna (“nun, tutor”), originally (along with masculine form nonnus (“man”)) a term of address for elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana, like papa etc. Doublet of nonna.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0