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Definition: Dana |
DanaNoun1. (Irish) mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Dana" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
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Dana can mean:
- The Celtic mother goddess, see Danu
- An Irish singer, winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest: see Dana (singer)
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Dana (real name Rosemary Scallon) is a successful former singer turned Irish politician.Dana was born Rosemary Brown on August 30, 1951 in Derry in Northern Ireland. In 1969 as a teenager she represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest, singing " All Kinds of Everything ". She had some minor hits in the British and Irish music charts subsequently. Always religious, she became more famous for singing religious songs, such as "Totus Tuus ", commemorating the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in 1979.
In the 1980s, she moved with her husband and family to the United States, where they were involved with a christian broadcasting network. She returned to Ireland in 1997 to become a candidate for the office of president of Ireland, where, though an independent candidate with no party political organisation behind her, she came in a credible third, ahead of the candidate of the mainstream Labour Party. In 1999, again as an independent, she contested and won a seat in the European Parliament representing the Connacht-Ulster European elections constituency.
She has declined to associate with any political party. She campaigns on 'family values'. most notably in her opposition to abortion. Her decision in 1999 to oppose a government proposed amendment to the Irish constitution to place some restrictions on abortion, which put her at variance with mainstream Pro-Life movement in Ireland, the mainstream political parties and the Roman Catholic Church, on the basis that in her eyes the anti-abortion amendment wasn't anti-abortion enough, lost her much of her original support. The defeat of that amendment was blamed on ultra-conservative elements, who were accused by other anti-abortion campaigners of destroying the likely last chance to impose stricter abortion restrictions in Ireland. In 2002, Dana contested a seat in the Irish general election, again as an independent. In what was seen as a backlash against her stance in the previous abortion referendum, she performed disastrously, humiliatingly losing her deposit. Many political pundits predict that she will lose her European Parliament seat when in the next European election the number of Irish seats is reduced from 15 to 13. This change is predicted to lead to a change in constituency structures, with part of her base moved to the Leinster euro-constituency and the Fianna Fáil heartland of Clare moved into her electoral area, so increasing the odds on Fianna Fáil winning a second seat at her expense.
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Another profile of her:http://www.rte.ie/culture/millennia//people/dana.html
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Dana is a village located in La Salle County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 171.Geography
Dana is located at 40°57'26" North, 88°56'59" West (40.957121, -88.949859)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 171 people, 58 households, and 44 families residing in the village. The population density is 300.1/km² (778.4/mi²). There are 65 housing units at an average density of 114.1/km² (295.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 99.42% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 3.51% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 58 households out of which 48.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% are married couples living together, 6.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% are non-families. 19.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.95 and the average family size is 3.36. In the village the population is spread out with 35.1% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 33.9% from 25 to 44, 15.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 101.8 males. The median income for a household in the village is $35,000, and the median income for a family is $35,625. Males have a median income of $37,708 versus $18,333 for females. The per capita income for the village is $13,349. 26.7% of the population and 23.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 28.6% are under the age of 18 and 29.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dana, Illinois."
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Dana is a town located in Vermillion County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 662. It is primarily a farming community.Famed World War II war correspondent Ernie Pyle was born on a tenant farm near Dana.
Geography
Dana is located at 39°48'24" North, 87°29'39" West (39.806714, -87.494256)1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 662 people, 252 households, and 187 families residing in the town. The population density is 881.4/km² (2,255.4/mi²). There are 288 housing units at an average density of 383.4/km² (981.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.58% White, 0.60% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.76% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. 1.66% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 252 households out of which 33.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% are married couples living together, 8.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% are non-families. 23.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.63 and the average family size is 3.05.
In the town the population is spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $34,750, and the median income for a family is $38,182. Males have a median income of $30,313 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,603. 9.9% of the population and 6.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 14.4% are under the age of 18 and 9.5% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dana, Indiana."
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Dana is a city located in Greene County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 84.Geography
Dana is located at 42°6'24" North, 94°14'25" West (42.106653, -94.240375)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 84 people, 29 households, and 20 families residing in the city. The population density is 115.8/km² (297.5/mi²). There are 32 housing units at an average density of 44.1/km² (113.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 5.95% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 29 households out of which 41.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% are married couples living together, 3.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% are non-families. 20.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.90 and the average family size is 3.29. In the city the population is spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 114.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $33,750, and the median income for a family is $30,625. Males have a median income of $26,250 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the city is $11,199. 8.8% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dana, Iowa."
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In Celtic mythology, Danu was a mother goddess and wife of Beli. With him, she was the mother of the Dagda, Dian Cecht, Lir, Lugh, Gwydion, Govannnon, Arianrhod, Gilfaethwy and Amaethon. By Dagda, she was the mother of Ogma. She was the matriarch of the Tuatha de Danaan.Alternative: Don (Welsh), Dan, Dana, Dann
In Hinduism, Danu is the primordial goddess of waters, present at the creation.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Danu."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DANA | English | De.Admin.News.Announce, "D.A.N.A." | Computer - (Usenet) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: DanaSynonym: Danu (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dana |
| English words defined with "Dana": Fore and aft ♦ Hove in stays ♦ In ballast trim, In stays ♦ Jacob's ladder ♦ Luff upon luff ♦ Monkey block ♦ Perseus ♦ Quarter block ♦ Rolling tackle ♦ small stuff, Spencer mast, Spring stay ♦ To set up the rigging, To work up, Trend of an anchor, Turk's head. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Dana": CUCH ♦ domain theory ♦ GIBSON ♦ metachemical metamorphism, metadiabase ♦ OWHY. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Dana": Danalite. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dana" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Croatian (day), Esperanto (Danish), Indonesian (donation, fund, grant), Swedish (fashion, form, shape), Turkish (calf, steer). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You know, Dana, there are many perks to being the mother of a living god. (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) Let me add, Dana, that things I say in my office stay in my office (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls) | |
Lyrics | Whooo etc, dana dana etc (Mean Old World; performing artist: Robert Palmer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lepog dana Jednog lepog (1974) A Day with Dana (1974) Dana Can Deal (1974) 463 dana za nauku (1971) Ceo zivot za godinu dana (1971) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | In 1947 the children's hospital cancer research foundation in Boston was the precursor of Dana Farber Cancer Center. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | CDC lab technician, Dana Shealy, is conducting a lab experiment in the toxicology robotics lab. Credit: CDC. |
 | A harbor patrol boat at Dana Point. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Plate 261. The Common Crab of the Pacific Coast. (Male.) Cancer magister, Dana. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Figures 1-10, Mycedium fragile Dana. Figures 11-13, Agaricia agaricites Milne-Edw. and Haime. Siderastraea galaxea Milne-Edw. and Haime. In: "Report on the Florida Reefs", 1880, by Louis Agassiz. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Vol. VII, No. 1. Plate XI. These plates help document the oldest studies of the Florida Reefs. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Figure 52. Knudsen bottom sampler designed by Martin Knudsen, a professor at the University of Copenhagen. This machine was meant to improve the sampling ability of the Petersen sampling device in more compact sediment layers. It was tested in the Oresund between Denmark and Sweden off the DANA in 11 meters of water in 1926. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | District Conservationist Dana Ernst reviewing conservation plan with a cooperator in Orange County, Virginia. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |  | James D. Dana / Rud. Hoffman. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Coleridge / from a painting by Washington Allston in the possession of Mr. Richard H. Dana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | James Dwight Dana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Dana Lewis goes to war" by Nate Nolting Commentary: "Screen shot off the news." | "Dana" by Uschi Hering Commentary: "Is dana angry? or is she sad? anyway, something must be wrong." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles A. Dana | . . . whatever the divine Providence permitted to occur, I was not too proud to report. |
John Cotton Dana | Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. |
Richard H. Dana | Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children. |
Richard Henry Dana | Two days brought us to San Pedro, and two days more (to our no small joy), gave us our last view of that place. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | As of 1998, Dana began to supply frames and drive shafts for Ford Rangers built in Argentina and complete chassis assemblies for Volvo in Brazil. (references) | |
In 1997, Dana acquired the piston ring and cylinder liner operation of SPX Corporation (SPD), the assets of Clark-Hurth Components (CH) from Ingersoll-Rand, a 75 percent stake in Wix Filtron. (references) | ||
Dana Engine Components supplies Bictor Reinz gaskets and sealing products, Perfect Circle power cylinder components and heavy-duty camshafts, Wix filtration products and Plumley power train components. (references) | ||
Economic History | Bahrain | Al Dana Beach Resort--a sea-front resort south of the Shaikh Hamad causeway linking Manama to Muharraq. (references) |
Japan | Dana Japan, Cabot Specialty Chemicals, TRW Steering Systems, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and PPG Industries are but a few of the many American firms that have set up manufacturing or distribution bases in and around Aichi. (references) | |
Brazil | Some of the major auto parts global players with manufacturing facilities in Brazil include: Robert Bosch, Magneti Marelli, Dana, TRW, Tenneco, ZF, Siemens, Federal Mogul, Valeo, Eaton, Delphi, Visteon, Saint Gobain, JCI/Varta, Krupp, Lear Seating, Denso, Continental ITT, Johnson Controls, Meritor, Karman-Ghia, Mahle, Tritec Motors, Sachs Automotive, Arvinmeritor, Maxion, SAS Automotive, Valeo, VDO. (references) | |
Trade | Bangladesh | Other items completely banned on either religious/social/health grounds or on economic grounds in the case of textile products that compete directly with locally produced items, including: live pigs, pig and poultry fat, eggs (except hatching eggs), poppy seeds and dried posto dana, marijuana, opium, tendu leaves, lard, lard and tallow oil, solid or semi-solid palm oil, raw sugar, un-denatured ethyl alcohol (80.0% or higher) and other spirits denatured of any strength, wine, artificial mustard oil, selected petroleum products, woven fabrics of silk or silk waste, pig hair, some kinds of cloth, selected insecticides, nylon and polyethylene ropes, fishing nets (gillnets), used or new rags, vessels more than 15 years old, motorbikes more than three years old, and single phase electricity meters. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | I would urge those of you in the mainstream press, such as Dana Millbank at the Washington Post and Adam Nagourney of the New York Times, to go Public Campaign. |
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| "Dana" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dana" is used about 679 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 679 | 9,730 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Dana" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dana | First name Female | 122,000 | 179 |
| Dana | First name Male | 42,000 | 314 |
| Dana | Last name | 2,000 | 7,161 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Dana." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Dana | Female | Czech | Dan (1) |
| Dana | Female | Polish | Dan (1) |
| Dana | Female | Romanian | Dan (1) |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Brazil | Dana Albarus S.A. | United Kingdom | Dana Petroleum Plc |
| USA | Dana Corporation | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Dana, IA (city, FIPS 18345) 2. Dana, IL (village, FIPS 18485) 3. Dana, IN (town, FIPS 16732) 4. Dana, KY |
Expression using "Dana": Dana Point. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Dana": Dana-farber. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dana | 947 | hotel dana point | 83 |
dana point california | 909 | dana scully | 82 |
dana delany | 664 | dana barron | 79 |
dana plato | 601 | dana spicer | 67 |
dana hamm | 384 | dana college | 59 |
dana point | 382 | dana inn | 56 |
dana glover | 339 | dana andrew | 55 |
dana corporation | 162 | dana hills high school | 55 |
dana carvey | 152 | dana delaney nude | 49 |
dana design | 149 | dana delany nude | 49 |
dana farber | 146 | axle dana | 47 |
dana fleyser | 146 | dana federal credit union | 47 |
dana international | 144 | dana point real estate | 46 |
dana buchman | 128 | city of dana point | 46 |
dana corp | 117 | dana lady | 44 |
dana plato nude | 107 | dana point harbor | 43 |
dana 60 | 94 | dana specht | 43 |
dana 44 | 90 | dana glover lyrics | 42 |
dana inn and marina | 85 | marina inn dana point | 42 |
dana farber cancer institute | 84 | dana wheeler nicholson | 41 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Dana"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Danas svømmekrabbe (Dana swimcrab), Dana svømmekrabbe (Dana swimcrab). (various references) | |
Dutch | Dana blauwe krab (Dana swimcrab). (various references) | |
Finnish | taskurapu-laji (Dana swimcrab, Dungeness crab, Jonah crab). (various references) | |
French | crabe lénée (Dana swimcrab), \CRZ (Dana swimcrab). (various references) | |
German | Dana-Blaukrabbe (Dana swimcrab). (various references) | |
Greek | κάβουρας κολυμβητής (Dana swimcrab). (various references) | |
Italian | granchio nuotatore purpureo (Dana swimcrab). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anaday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | navalheira-dana (Dana swimcrab). (various references) | |
Spanish | jaiba siri (Dana swimcrab). (various references) | |
Swedish | danasimkrabba (Dana swimcrab). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Callinectes danae. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Dana": bandana, sardana. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Dana": bandanas, sardanas. (additional references) | |
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"Dana" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adana, Aduna, Daaaaad, Daan, daana, Daawa, Daga, Dagaa, Dahai, daina, Daini, daja, Dakno, Dama, Damna, danae, Danann, Dand, Dandai, Danek, Danh, dani, Danik, Danio, Danjal, Danka, Dannan, danni, Dannz, Dano, Danouk, Danoy, Danra, D'ans, Danya, Danyal, Danza, D'aval, Dawnay, Degna, Denda, Denna, Deyna, Dhanna, Dhansak, Djawa, Dmna, Dnae, Dubna, Dunai, Dunaj, Dunap, Dunfa, Dunja, Dzaba, Dzantav, Zdenka. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nada. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-n" | |
-1 letter: ana, and. | |
-2 letters: aa, ad, an, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-n" | |
+1 letter: adman, aland, daman, nadas, naiad, panda, vanda. | |
+2 letters: adnate, adnexa, agenda, aidman, alands, anadem, anodal, badman, canard, damans, dharna, indaba, landau, madman, maenad, naiads, navaid, padnag, panada, pandas, radian, randan, sandal, vandal, vandas. | |
+3 letters: abandon, adamant, addenda, adenoma, adnexal, adrenal, advance, agendas, anadems, andante, aneared, ansated, antacid, araneid, armband, badland, bandage, bandaid, bandana, bandeau, bandora, beadman, cadenza, calando, canaled, canards, candela, candida, dalapon, daphnia, darshan, daysman, deadpan, decanal, dharnas, drayman, fazenda, gardant, garland, gonadal, grandad, grandam, grandma, grandpa, handbag, handcar, handsaw, hardpan, hatband, headman, indabas, ladanum, lalland, lanated, landaus, landman, laniard, lanyard, leadman, madonna, madrona, maenads, managed, mandala, mandate, mandola, manmade, mansard, manward, monadal, monarda, nadiral, naiades, nandina, navaids, padnags, paladin, panadas, pandani, pandora, pandura, pintada, radians, radiant, randans, sandals, sandbag, sandbar, sanddab, sandman, sardana, scandal, scandia, tabanid, tamandu, tankard, tanyard, vanadic, vandals, vanward, veranda, wakanda, weasand, weazand, yardman, zenaida. | |
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