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Ana

//ˈæ.nə// adv, name, noun

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Of each; an equal quantity. not-comparable

    "wine and honey, ana / ij"

  2. 2
    In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.

    "Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Anaheim. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    A female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Hannah.
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq. alt-of, alternative

    "Ana Island and a strip of flat land below the steep banks bordering the Euphrates, some 350 km (220 miles) due east of Palmyra, were occupied for millennia by the buildings of a succession of important settlements..."

  4. 4
    An ethnicity within the Yoruba people, mostly living in Benin and Togo in West Africa.
  5. 5
    Initialism of Afghan National Army. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    A river in Oregon, United States.
  2. 7
    The language within the Niger-Congo family spoken by the Ana people.
  3. 8
    Initialism of All Nippon Airways. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    Initialism of Australian National Airways. Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
  5. 10
    Initialism of American Nurses Association. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table

    "The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards"

  2. 2
    Anorexia. Internet, uncountable
  3. 3
    Alternative form of anna (“a former subdivision of the rupee”). alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    Initialism of anti-nuclear antibody. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    A member of the Ana people. plural, plural-only
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  1. 6
    a collection of anecdotes about a person or place wordnet
  2. 7
    Initialism of animal nursing assistant. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).

Etymology 3

Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek; see ana-.

Etymology 5

From Hindi अन्न (ann, “food, grain”), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

Etymology 6

From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oregonian river, named for Ana Byars, daughter of the surveyor W.H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah.

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