Ana

1 mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu

2 a collection of anecdotes about a person or place

English

Etymology 1

Formed from the suffix -ana.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

1. a collection of things about a person or place, especially a collection of anecdotes
   • 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8

     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

Etymology 2

Unknown

Adverb

1. (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or contracted to aa), / ij. (that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces).

Alabama

ana

Pronoun

ana

1. me

Crimean Tatar

Noun

1. mother

Declension

References

Useinov-Mireev 2002}}

Icelandic

Verb

ana (anaði)

1. to rush on, to barge into

Hawaiian

Etymology

Common Polynesian

Noun

1. cave

Japanese

Noun

ANA as an abbreviation may refer to:

• AB Nyköpings Automobilfabrik
• Administration for Native Americans, a program in the Administration for Children and Families
• Afghan National Army
• Albanian National Army
• All Nippon Airways
• American Numismatic Association
• American Nurses Association
• ANA Aeroportos de Portugal
• ana (language), a programming language
• Autonomic Network Architecture Project
• Anti-nuclear antibody, a medical term
• Army and Navy Academy, Carlsbad, California
• Association of Nanny Agencies
• Association of National Advertisers
• Associazione Nazionale Alpini (National Alpini Association)
• Athens News Agency
• Australian National Airways
• Australian Natives Association
• Various entities associated with Anaheim, California
• Axis & Allies (2004 video game), a WWII real-time strategy computer game

Ana may refer to:

• Ana (magazine), a Serbian magazine
• Ana (mathematics), a direction in the fourth spatial dimension
• Ana (Mother), a character in the original Mother video game
• Ana of East Anglia, a seventh century king
• Ana, Iran
• Ana, Iraq
• anorexia nervosa, from a slang abbreviation in some anorexia or pro-ana communities
• "Ana", the sixth track on the Pixies album Bossanova

People:

• Ana Ida Alvares (born 1965), a Brazilian volleyball player
• Ana Ivanović (born 1987), a Serbian professional tennis player
• Ana Johnsson (born 1977), a Swedish singer
• Ana Richa (born 1966), a Brazilian volleyball player
• Ana Rodriguez (born 1974), a Cuban-born singer
• Ana Voog (born 1966), an American musician and Internet personality

See also

• Anna (disambiguation)

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