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Definition: Ana |
AnaNoun1. (Irish) mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu. 2. A collection of anecdotes about a person or place. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Ana" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "favor", "grace". |
Date "Ana" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Census | Designation for the (Administration for Native Americans), Department of Health and Human Services. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
ANA is an abbreviation for the airline All Nippon Airways.
ANA is also a medical abbreviation for anti-nuclear antibody. The presence of ANA helps to diagnose systemic lupus erythematosus, though they are non-specific and also appear in some other auto-immune diseases such as Sjögren's syndrome or rheumatoid arthritis, and various non-rheumatological conditions associated with tissue damage.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ANA."
| 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 |
ANA | Danish | Antinukleært antistof | Medicine |
ANA | Dutch | Antinucleair antilichaam | Medicine |
ANA | English | Arab News Agency | N/A |
ANA | French | Anticorps antinucléaires | Medicine |
ANA | German | Alpha-Naphthylamin | Chemical Industry, Medicine |
ANA | Italian | Anticorpi antinucleo | Medicine |
ANA | Spanish | Alfanaftilamina | Chemical Industry, Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Description | Narrative, history; memoir, memorials; annals; (chronicle); saga; tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette; personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions; anecdote, ana, trait. |
Heterodoxy | Protestant; Huguenot; orthodox dissenter, Congregationalist, Independent; Episcopalian, Presbyterian; Lutheran, Calvinist, Methodist, Wesleyan; Ana, Baptist; Mormon, Latter-day Saint, Irvingite, Sandemanian, Glassite, Erastian; Sublapsarian, Supralapsarian; Gentoo, Antinomian, Swedenborgian; Adventist, Bible Christian, Bryanite, Brownian, Christian Scientist, Dunker, Ebionite, Eusebian; Faith Curer, Curist; Familist, Jovinianist, Libadist, Quaker, Shaker, Stundist, Tunker; ultramontane; Anglican, Oxford School; tractarian, Puseyite, ritualist; Puritan. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ana |
| Specialty definitions using "Ana": DREPANOCARPUS LUNATUS. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ana" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (Anna), Irish (quite, very), Latin (aged, old), Luganda (forty), Maori (cave), Portuguese (Ann), Serbo-Croatian (ann, anna), Sotho (this), Spanish (Ann, Anne, Ell), Swedish (divine, forebode, have a feeling, presage, scent), Turkish (basic, broad, capital, Cardinal, chief, fundamental, governing, grand, guiding, head, key, leading, main, main part, major, master, matron, mother, parent, predominant, primary, principal, principle, staple). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You know, one of those manure spreaders jackknifed on the Santa Ana. God-awful mess (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ana we benty wa el-houb (1974) Apunte sobre Ana (1973) Toprak Ana (1973) Ana Terra (1971) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | U.S. Army Air Base. Regional Hospital, Santa Ana, Ca. : Aerial view. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Mwana Wa Thanzi Maso Amphamvu : Vitamin A Amateteza Ana ku Matenda a Khungu. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Runs "ground" support for Ensign Victor L. McCallen, who is receiving aviation training in a Link flight simulator at Naval Air Station, Santa Ana, California, circa mid-1945. Credit: NAVY. |  | Launches a weather balloon from a theodolite platform at Naval Air Station, Santa Ana, California, circa mid-1945. The balloon is used to check wind velocity. Credit: NAVY. |
 | First Christian Church, Santa Ana, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Methodist church, Santa Ana, California, where first Martin airplane was assembled. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Cultivating beans with a four-row cultivator. Near Santa Ana, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wife of rehabilitation client. Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Henry Lotz closing the gate to the barns at the Midway City Dairy Association, near Santa Ana. Orange County, California. Seven families obtained a loan of seven thousand eight hundred fifty dollars from the Resettlement Administration payable in installm. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ana Duran, batiks : Biblioteca Luis-Angel Arango del Banco de la Republica, del 9 al 18 de Mayo de 1977, Bogota, Colombia ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Guatemala | On February 19, several days before the trial was scheduled to open, Melchor Pastor Hernandez and Juvencio Ixmay kidnaped Ana Maria's older sister Marta Elena. (references) |
Guatemala | Former military commissioner Victor Vicente Poroj raped 11-year-old Ana Maria Pichol Guarcax on four occasions in December 1999. A forensic doctor in Chimaltenango confirmed the crime. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | El Salvador | Two cable television systems cover much of the capital, and other cable companies operate in the major cities of San Miguel, Santa Ana, and Sonsonate. (references) |
Economic History | El Salvador | Other cities--San Miguel, Ahuachapan, Santa Ana, Sonsonate. (references) |
Portugal | Firms which are expected to begin the privatization process in 2001-2002 include Cimpor (cement), TAP (airline), and ANA (airport management). (references) | |
Greece | The Secretary General of Press and Information prepares the Athens News Agency (ANA) Bulletin, which is used, with AP and Reuters, as a primary source of information by the Greek press. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bolivia | The Human Rights Ombudsman Ana Maria Romero de Campero conducted numerous investigations and in November presented a comprehensive report to Congress that was critical of the Government. (references) |
Cuba | In March Ana Aquililla, wife of 47-year-old Francisco Chaviano Gonzalez, complained that her husband remained confined with common prisoners, and that for more than 1 year he was not allowed outside the prison for recreation. (references) | |
Cuba | For example, on July 12, a group of persons threw stones and bottles at the home of Jose Manuel Escobedo, a member of the National Transitional Council to Democracy, and Ana Maria Espinoza, a member of Forum Feministas, in Santiago de Cuba. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Venezuela | The family of four--Cruz (age 50), Lorenzo (age 28), Ana Maria (age 25), and Rosa Maria Flores (age 9)--had returned from a hunting expedition and were eating when a group of eight nonindigenous persons armed with machetes and firearms attacked them. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ana" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.45% of the time. "Ana" is used about 308 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) | 95.45% | 294 | 16,951 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.92% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.62% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 308 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Ana" 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 |
| Ana | First name Female | 120,000 | 181 |
| Ana | Last name | 170 | 53,111 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Ana" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "favor", "grace". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Ana." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Hannah | Female | Biblical | N/A |
| Ana | Female | Bulgarian | Anna |
| Anna | Female | Bulgarian | Hannah |
| Anaïs | Female | Catalan | Anna |
| Ana | Female | Croatian | Anna |
| Anna | Female | Czech | Hannah |
| Anna | Female | Dutch | Hannah |
| Annika | Female | Dutch | Anna |
| Anouk | Female | Dutch | Anna |
| Antje | Female | Dutch | Anna |
| Anna | Female | English | Hannah |
| Annalisa | Female | English | Anna |
| Anona | Female | English | Anna |
| Hannah | Female | English | N/A |
| Anneli | Female | Finnish | Anna |
| Anniina | Female | Finnish | Anna |
| Annika | Female | Finnish | Anna |
| Annikki | Female | Finnish | Anna |
| Anaïs | Female | French | Anna |
| Hannah | Female | French | N/A |
| Anna | Female | German | Hannah |
| Antje | Female | German | Anna |
| Anna | Female | Greek | Hannah |
| Anikó | Female | Hungarian | Anna |
| Anna | Female | Hungarian | Hannah |
| Annuska | Female | Hungarian | Anna |
| Panni | Female | Hungarian | Anna |
| Anna | Female | Icelandic | Hannah |
| Anna | Female | Italian | Hannah |
| Hannah | Female | Jewish | N/A |
| Ona | Female | Lithuanian | Anna |
| Ania | Female | Polish | Anna |
| Anna | Female | Polish | Hannah |
| Ana | Female | Portuguese | Anna |
| Anaïs | Female | Provençal | Anna |
| Ana | Female | Romanian | Anna |
| Anca | Female | Romanian | Ana |
| Ania | Female | Russian | Anna |
| Anna | Female | Russian | Hannah |
| Anouska | Female | Russian | Anna |
| Anushka | Female | Russian | Anna |
| Anya | Female | Russian | Anna |
| Anja | Female | Scandinavian | Anna |
| Anna | Female | Scandinavian | Hannah |
| Ana | Female | Serbian | Anna |
| Ana | Female | Slovene | Anna |
| Anica | Female | Slovene | Anna |
| Aina | Female | Spanish | Anna |
| Ana | Female | Spanish | Anna |
| Anita | Female | Spanish | Ana |
| Annika | Female | Swedish | Anna |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Japan | ANA Real Estate Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Ana": Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana ♦ Dona Ana ♦ Dona Ana County ♦ Santa Ana ♦ Santa Ana Height ♦ Santa Ana Pueblo. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Ana": Ana-h, Ana-maria. | |
Ending with "Ana": carol-ini-ana, gs-ana, Pdp-ana. | |
| 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 |
pro ana | 2,280 | ana hickmann | 97 |
santa ana california | 1,762 | ana braga maria | 94 |
ana | 1,653 | ana el salvador santa | 94 |
santa ana college | 915 | ana paula arosio | 86 |
santa ana | 357 | airline ana | 79 |
ana claudia talancon | 351 | santa ana community college | 78 |
ana sofia henao | 308 | ana claudia michels | 77 |
ana beatriz barros | 305 | ana la salvia | 74 |
city of santa ana | 228 | ana gabriela guevara | 73 |
ana gabriel | 206 | ana nicole smith | 70 |
ana hickman | 197 | dona ana county | 64 |
ana pro site | 181 | ana jaime | 62 |
santa ana unified school district | 123 | ana mia | 60 |
santa ana zoo | 119 | ana de la reguera | 58 |
ana guevara | 108 | ana blood test | 58 |
ana torroja | 107 | santa ana airport | 58 |
ana pro site web | 104 | santa ana school district | 56 |
ana barbara | 104 | ana test | 55 |
ana maria orozco | 98 | ana paula | 54 |
ana by choice | 98 | santa ana police department | 53 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Ana"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | anna (anna). (various references) | |
Albanian | Përmbledhje Anekdotash. (various references) | |
Danish | Ana-Kit(et sympatomimetikum) (Ana-Kit). (various references) | |
Dutch | Ana-kit (Ana-Kit). (various references) | |
Finnish | Ana-Kit (Ana-Kit). (various references) | |
French | Ana-Kit (Ana-Kit). (various references) | |
German | Anakit Set (Ana-Kit), Anakit Fertigspritze (Ana-Kit). (various references) | |
Greek | Ana-Kit (Ana-Kit). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Híres Emberek Mondásainak Gyûjteménye, Egyenlõ Mennyiségben. (various references) | |
Italian | Ana-Kit (Ana-Kit). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 全日空 (All Nippon Airlines). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜんにっくう (All Nippon Airlines). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anaay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | anedotas, aná (anna), em partes iguais, coleção de citações de pessoas famosas. (various references) | |
Romanian | Anecdote Despre O Persoanã, Amintiri (memories), Culegere De Anecdote (anecdotage). (various references) | |
Russian | Сборник Воспоминаний. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zbirka izreka, uspomene (reminiscences), crtice. (various references) | |
Spanish | American Newspaper Association. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Збірник Висловів. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | những tài liệu in ra về một nhân vật, những tài liệu in ra về một địa điểm, những giai thoại về một địa điểm, bản sưu tập những câu văn hay. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Outoi de uioi ana dhswn kai elibema qugathr ana |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Habuitque filium Disan et filiam Oolibama |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he hadde a sone Dysan, and a dowyter Oolibama. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The childern of Ana were these. Dison and Ahalibama ye doughter of Ana. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah his daughter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | Ang mga anak ni Ana mao si Dison, ug si Aholibama anak nga babaye ni Ana. |
| Croatian | Ovo su bila djeca Ane: sin Dišon i Anina kæi Oholibama. |
| Danish | Følgende var Anas Børn: Disjon og Oholibama, Anas Datter. |
| Dutch | En dit zijn de zonen van Ana: Dison; en Aholibama was de dochter van Ana. |
| Finnish | Ja nämä olivat Anan lapset: Diison ja Oholiba, Anan tytär. |
| French | Voici les enfants d`Ana: Dischon, et Oholibama, fille d`Ana. |
| German | Die Kinder aber Anas waren: Dison und Oholibama, das ist die Tochter Anas. |
| Haitian Creole | Men non pitit Ana yo: Se te Dichon, yon gason ak Olibama, yon fi. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ana ialah ayah Disyon, dan Disyon leluhur marga: Hemdan, Esyban, Yitran dan Keran. Ana juga mempunyai seorang anak perempuan, namanya Oholibama. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka adalah anak-anak Anah inilah: Disyon dan Aholibama, itulah anak perempuan Anah. |
| Italian | I figli di Ana sono Dison e Oolibama, figlia di Ana. |
| Maori | Ko nga tama hoki enei a Anaha; ko Rihona, ko Ahoripama tamahine a Anaha. |
| Norwegian | Og dette var Anas barn: Dison og datteren Oholibama. |
| Portuguese | São estes os filhos de Ana: Disom e Aolíbama, filha de Ana. |
| Rumanian | Iatq fiii lui Ana: Diwon wi Oholibama, fata lui Ana. - |
| Russian | уЙЙ ДЕФЙ бОЩ: дЙЫПО Й пМЙЧЕНБ, ДПЮШ бОЩ. |
| Swedish | Men dessa voro Anas barn: Dison och Oholibama, Anas dotter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Ana": anabaena, anabaenas, anabaptism, anabaptisms, anabas, anabases, anabasis, anabatic, anableps, anablepses, anabolic, anabolism, anabolisms, anachronic, anachronism, anachronisms, anachronistic, anachronistically, anachronous, anachronously, anaclitic, anacolutha, anacoluthic, anacoluthically, anacoluthon, anacoluthons, anaconda, anacondas, anacreontic, anacreontics, anacruses, anacrusis, anadem, anadems, anadiploses, anadiplosis, anadromous, anaemia, anaemias, anaemic, anaerobe, anaerobes, anaerobic, anaerobically, anaerobioses, anaerobiosis, anaesthesia, anaesthesias, anaesthetic, anaesthetics, anageneses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Ana": antimarijuana, arcana, asana, banana, bandana, bwana, cabana, caragana, choana, dulciana, grana, gymkhana, hariana, hiragana, icekhana, iguana, ikebana, jacana, jnana, kana, katakana, lantana, liana, mana, manana, marihuana, marijuana, nagana, nana, nicotiana, nirvana, organa, paisana, parmigiana, pirana, poinciana, pozzolana, purana, ruana, sardana, sultana, tartana, timpana, tympana, zanana, zenana. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Ana": almanac, almanacs, antimanagement, antimanagements, apanage, apanages, aplanatic, appanage, appanages, aquanaut, aquanauts, artisanal, asanas, athanasies, athanasy, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bacchanalians, bacchanalias, bacchanals, banal, banalities, banality, banalize, banalized, banalizes, banalizing, banally, bananas, banausic, bandanas, bwanas, cabanas, canaille, canailles, canakin, canakins, canal, canaled, canalicular, canaliculi, canaliculus, canaling, canalise, canalised, canalises, canalising, canalization, canalizations, canalize. (additional references) | |
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"Ana" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aaaa, aan, Aann, Aaz, Aenea, Afne, Agni, Ahau, Ainna, Ajai, Ajaj, anaa, anad, anaf, Anafa, Anagh, anai, Anaik, anak, anam, anap, anar, Anau, Anaud, Anax, anay, Anek, Aney, Anga, Ania, Anik, Anjad, Ankaa, Anmac, Annad, Annagh, Ansa, Ansaf, Anu, Anuak, Anui, Anup, anva, Anvar, Anwa, anya, Apna, Aqa, Arnao, Arnar, Arnaz, Asna, Asnah, Asni, Aua, auna, Avni, Eanna, Enja, Enpa, Naja. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Ana" (pronounced Ä"nu or a"nu) |
| 3 | Ä" n u | Donna, iguana, liana, Madonna, Mana, marijuana, Nirvana, Nona. |
| 2 | -n u | alumina, angina, Anna, antenna, arcana, arena, ballerina, banana, bandana, bene, cabana, cantina, catena, China, concertina, corona, Dona, dulciana, Etna, Farina, fauna, galena, grana, henna, hyena, kahuna, Kana, kimono, koruna, krona, krone, Kuna, Laguna, lamina, Lantana, lumina, Luna, manna, Marina, Medina, Mina, myna, nana, patina, pembina, Penna, persona, phenomena, piano, Pina, Regina, retina, rumina, Salina, sauna, savanna, savannah, Senna, sienna, stamina, subpoena, taverna, tuna, vagina, vena, verbena, vicuna, Vina. |
| 3 | a" n u | Anna, arcana, banana, bandana, cabana, dulciana, grana, Kana, Lantana, manna, nana, piano, savanna, savannah. |
| 2 | -n u | alumina, angina, antenna, arena, ballerina, bene, cantina, catena, China, concertina, corona, Dona, Donna, Etna, Farina, fauna, galena, henna, hyena, iguana, kahuna, kimono, koruna, krona, krone, Kuna, Laguna, lamina, liana, lumina, Luna, Madonna, Mana, marijuana, Marina, Medina, Mina, myna, Nirvana, Nona, patina, pembina, Penna, persona, phenomena, Pina, Regina, retina, rumina, Salina, sauna, Senna, sienna, stamina, subpoena, taverna, tuna, vagina, vena, verbena, vicuna, Vina. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-n" | |
-1 letter: aa, an, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-n" | |
+1 letter: alan, anal, anas, anga, anna, anoa, ansa, anta, azan, kana, mana, naan, nada, nana. | |
+2 letters: adman, again, aland, alane, alang, alans, alant, amain, amnia, anear, angas, anima, anlas, annal, annas, anoas, ansae, antae, antas, antra, apian, apnea, arena, asana, atman, avant, avian, axman, azans, banal, bwana, canal, canna, daman, faena, fanga, fauna, ganja, grana, hansa, hazan, japan, jawan, jnana, kanas, lagan, lanai, lauan, liana, manas, manat, mania, manna, manta, mayan, naans, nadas, naiad, naira, nanas, nasal, natal, naval, navar, nawab, nyala, paean, pagan, panda, panga, pavan, qanat, ratan, ruana, sanga, saran, sauna, tanka, vanda, varna, zanza. | |
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