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Dana

//ˈdeɪ.nə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An American surname.
  2. 2
    A female given name,

    "from Persian دانا (dânâ, “wise”)."

  3. 3
    A village in the Gmina of Puck, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
  4. 4
    A unisex given name transferred from the surname, originally given in honor of Richard Henry Dana Jr. US

    "Johnie had become a "problem" for the advisers and "baby deans" in University Hall: men with marvelously Puritan names like Dana Cotton and Christopher Wadsworth called him in and asked what the trouble was."

  5. 5
    A village in central-west Jordan, from South Levantine Arabic ضانا.
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  1. 6
    A town in Indiana; named for Charles Dana, a railroad official.
  2. 7
    A village in Amhara, Ethiopia, from Amharic ዳና (dana).
  3. 8
    A village in Illinois; named for Thomas Dana, a railroad official.
  4. 9
    A town in central-west Nepal, from Nepali दाना (dānā)
  5. 10
    A city in Iowa; named for Samuel Dana, an early settler.
Noun
  1. 1
    The virtue of generosity or giving, a form of alms, in Indian philosophy. uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Dawnay, or else an altered form of Dan or Daniel.

Etymology 2

Transliterations from various languages.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Polish Dana.

Etymology 4

Transliteration of Sanskrit दान (dāna) or Pali dāna.

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