joanna
n. countablen. a piano. This is a playful way to name the instrument using a style of rhyming slang from London.
n. a piano. Derived from Cockney rhyming slang where 'Joanna' rhymes with 'pianner' (a colloquial pronunciation of piano).
He sat down at the joanna and played a song.
The pub was quiet until someone started banging out old tunes on the joanna in the corner.
While the club usually hosts electronic acts, they kept an old upright joanna on stage for the occasional jazz pianist who preferred the tactile response of hammers and strings.
From Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
Typically used with the definite article 'the'.