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

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

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

Derived terms

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