Ana
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ana"
English
Proper noun
Ana
- A female given name, equivalent to English Ann in many languages.
- A Niger-Congo language spoken by the Ana people.
- Synonym: Ifè
- A river in Oregon, United States; named for the daughter of surveyor W. H. Byars.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Ana, from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה. Doublet of Ane and Hanna.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɐ.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.nɐ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
- Hyphenation: A‧na
Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Ana f (genitive/dative Anei)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ann, Anna or Anne
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- (Ȁna): IPA(key): /âna/
- (Ána): IPA(key): /ǎːna/
- Hyphenation: A‧na
Proper noun
Ȁna or Ána f (Cyrillic spelling А̏на or А́на)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Anne
References
- “Ana” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /àːna/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈana/ [ˈa.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: A‧na
Proper noun
Ana f
- a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Ann, Anna, or Hannah
- 2004, Sebastián Dates, “Ana”, in Lo ingenuos que somos, page 37:
- Ana era la prima de Celina y los chicos de mi clase que la conocían decían que era un bombón y no tenía novio.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Hannah (Biblical figure)
- Anna (Biblical prophetess)
Derived terms
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