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ana
1[ an-uh, ah-nuh ]
noun
- a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject, person, place, or thing.
- an item in such a collection, as an anecdote, a memorable saying, etc.
ana
2[ an-uh ]
adverb
- (of ingredients in pharmaceutical prescriptions) in equal quantities; of each. : a̅a̅, āa
ana-
3- a prefix in loanwords from Greek, where it means “up,” “against,” “back,” “re-”: anabasis; used in the formation of compound words: anacardiaceous.
-ana
4- a suffix that forms collective nouns denoting an assembly of items, as household objects, art, books, or maps, or a description of such items, as a bibliography, all of which are representative of or associated with the place, person, or period named by the stem:
Americana; Shakespeareana; Victoriana.
A.N.A.
5abbreviation for
- American Newspaper Association.
- American Nurses Association.
- Association of National Advertisers.
Ana
1/ ˈænə /
noun
- a name for anorexia, esp when used as a personification of the disease by its sufferers
- a person who identifies himself or herself as an anorexic
adjective
- anorexic
ana
2/ ˈɑːnə /
noun
- a collection of reminiscences, sketches, etc, of or about a person or place
- an item of or for such a collection
ANA
3abbreviation for
- Article Number Association: (in Britain) an organization of manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers that provides a system ( article numbering ) by which a product is identified by a unique machine-readable number compatible with article-numbering systems used in other countries
ana-
4prefix
- up; upwards
anadromous
- again
anagram
- back; backwards
anatropous
ana
5/ ˈeɪnə; ˈɑːnə /
adverb
- obsolete.pharmacol (of ingredients in a prescription) in equal quantities aa
-ana
6suffix forming nouns
- denoting a collection of objects or information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place
Victoriana
Americana
Shakespeareana
Word History and Origins
Origin of ana2
Word History and Origins
Origin of ana1
Origin of ana2
Origin of ana3
Origin of ana4
Origin of ana5
Example Sentences
So I trusted in linguistic common sense, left out the verb, and made it ana libbi bābi "into the gate," pretty much like the English.
There is evidence too of children searching for so-called "ana buddies" - others who can help them make their illness more extreme.
The “-ana” came only later, appended with wistful retrospection.
Blind analysis forces creative thinking as researchers struggle to find explanations for hypothetical results.
“I am passing on your email to ana navarro who just came on as our immigration lawyer/advisor,” Mr. Bush replied to a constituent in an email on Jan. 31, 1999.
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