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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of manna" class="word__name--TTbAA">manna<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Old English borrowing from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">manna</span>, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">manna</span>, from Hebrew <span class="foreign notranslate">mān</span>, probably literally "substance exuded by the tamarisk tree," but used in Greek and Latin specifically with reference to the substance miraculously supplied to the Children of Israel during their wandering in the Wilderness (Exodus xvi.15). The Hebrew word often is referred to man "a gift." Meaning "spiritual nourishment" is attested from late 14c. Generalized sense of "something provided unexpectedly" is from 1590s.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of manna">Trends of <i>manna</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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and meaning of manliness" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/manliness"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">manliness</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of manly" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/manly"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">manly</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of man-made" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/man-made"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">man-made</p></a><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2 alphabetical__active--FCYcm">manna</p><a title="Origin and meaning of mannequin" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/mannequin"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">mannequin</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of manner" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/manner"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">manner</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of mannered" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/mannered"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">mannered</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of mannerism" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/mannerism"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">mannerism</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of mannerist" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/mannerist"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">mannerist</p></a></div></div></div></div><div class="alphabet--3sMXd"><ul class="alphabet__inner--2NEtM"><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter A"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=a">A</a></li><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter B"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=b">B</a></li><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter C"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=c">C</a></li><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter D"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=d">D</a></li><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter E"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=e">E</a></li><li 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