joanna

nouncommon in dialogue

//d͡ʒəʊˈænə//

A piano.

noun

1
slangA piano.
2006, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (song) by the Scissor Sisters But I don't feel like dancin' When the old Joanna plays

Etymology

From the name Joanna, which is a rhyme for the dialectal pronunciation of piano as /piˈænə/.

Forms

plural: joannas

Joan · A female given name from French, a feminine form of John.joanie · A small ornament of glass or china.Joanie · A diminutive of the female given name Joan, from French.

joanna · A piano.

Joanna · A female given name from Latin [in turn from Hebrew].Joanne · A female given name from French.JoAnne · A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Joanne.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.