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ana¹
- /ˈæ.nə/ US
- /ˈɑn.ə/ US
- /ˈɑː.nə/ UK
Rhymes with -ænə, -ɑːnə
Where it comes from
Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).
noun anas
- 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
ana²
- /ˈæ.nə/
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).
adverb
-
Of each; an equal quantity.
wine and honey, ana / ij
Similar: aa
ana³
- /ˈæ.nə/
Where it comes from
Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.
noun
- Anorexia.
ana⁴
- /ˈæ.nə/
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek; see ana-.
adverb more ana · most ana
-
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.
Opposite: kata
ana⁵
- /ˈæ.nə/
Where it comes from
From Hindi अन्न (ann, “food, grain”), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).
noun anas
- Alternative form of anna (“a former subdivision of the rupee”).
ANA⁶
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Anaheim
- Initialism of Afghan National Army
- Initialism of All Nippon Airways
- Initialism of Australian National Airways
- Initialism of American Nurses Association
noun ANAs
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Initialism of anti-nuclear antibody
Similar: ANF
- Initialism of animal nursing assistant
Ana⁷
Where it comes from
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 Saint 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.
proper noun
- A female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Hannah.
- A river in Oregon, United States.
Ana⁸
proper noun
- Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq. 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...
Ana⁹
proper noun
- An ethnicity within the Yoruba people, mostly living in Benin and Togo in West Africa.
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The language within the Niger-Congo family spoken by the Ana people.
Similar: Ifè
noun
- A member of the Ana people.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: genus anas, naa, lysis, mrs, pur, antibody, miscellany, analog, sense, memorabilia, analogue, anna, imagine, ane, hannah, carol
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title = {ana},
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