Rana

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Rana

Where it comes from

Various origins of surname:

* Borrowed from Hindi राना (rānā)/राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”).

* Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Rana, a nickname for someone with bulging eyes or a croaky voice, from rana (“frog”).

* Borrowed from Galician Raña, a habitational surname from a village in the province of A Coruña.

proper noun Ranas

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A large municipality in Nordland county, Norway. See Rana, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: genus rana, frog, xenopus, randa, ranum, rahe, rone, ranney, ramone, rine, raman, ranous, ramnarine, tonra, raya, randon

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@misc{rana_2026,
  title = {Rana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}