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granu

Pronunciation: /ˈɡrɑ.nu/

“granu” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. moustache
  2. snare, noose

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, beard-hair, hair-tips, moustache”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrān- (“edge, end, tip”). Cognate with Old High German grana (“beardhair, moustache”), Old Norse grǫn (“beardhair, moustache, lip”).

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