Nominally, Nina’s unusually noted (5)

I believe the answer is:

annie

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(Other definitions for annie that I've seen before include "1977 Broadway musical" , "Musical about red-handed Orphan girl" , "- Get your Gun, musical" , "musical movie" , "Miss Laurie" .)

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