Ana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ana"

English

Noun

Ana pl (plural only)

  1. A Yoruba subgroup living in Benin and Togo.

Proper noun

Ana

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ann in many languages.
  2. A Niger-Congo language spoken by the Ana people.
    Synonym: Ifè
  3. A river in Oregon, United States; named for the daughter of surveyor W. H. Byars.

Anagrams

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/
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
  • Hyphenation: A‧na

Proper noun

Ana f (plural Anas)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Ann, Anna, or Anne

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Ana f (genitive/dative Anei)

  1. 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)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Anne

References

  • Ana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /àːna/

Proper noun

Ána f

  1. a female given name

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative Ána
genitive Áne
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Ána
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Áni
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Áno

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈana/ [ˈa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: A‧na

Proper noun

Ana f

  1. 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)
  2. Hannah (Biblical figure)
  3. Anna (Biblical prophetess)

Derived terms

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