Jump To:

• ana
  ana

  noun

  a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject, person, place, or thing.
• ana-
  ana-

  a prefix in loanwords from Greek, where it means “up,” “against,” “back,” “re-”: anabasis; used in the formation of compound words: anacardiaceous.
• -ana
  -ana

  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.
• A.N.A.
  A.N.A.

  abbreviation

  American Newspaper Association.
• Ana
  Ana

  noun
• ANA
  ANA

  abbreviation

  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

¹ American  

[an-uh, ah-nuh] / ˈæn ə, ˈɑ nə /

noun

1. a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject, person, place, or thing.

2. an item in such a collection, as an anecdote, a memorable saying, etc.

---

ana ² American  

[an-uh] / ˈæn ə /

adverb

1. (of ingredients in pharmaceutical prescriptions) in equal quantities; of each. a̅a̅, āa

---

ana- ³ American  

1. a prefix in loanwords from Greek, where it means “up,” “against,” “back,” “re-”: anabasis; used in the formation of compound words: anacardiaceous.

---

-ana ⁴ American  

1. 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. ⁵ American  

Or ANA

abbreviation

1. American Newspaper Association.

2. American Nurses Association.

3. Association of National Advertisers.

---

Ana ¹ British  

/ ˈænə /

noun

1. 1. a name for anorexia, esp when used as a personification of the disease by its sufferers

   2. a person who identifies himself or herself as an anorexic

---

adjective

1. anorexic

ana- ² British  

prefix

1. up; upwards

   anadromous

2. again

   anagram

3. back; backwards

   anatropous

---

ana ³ British  

/ ˈɑːnə /

noun

1. a collection of reminiscences, sketches, etc, of or about a person or place

2. an item of or for such a collection

---

ANA ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. 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 ⁵ British  

suffix

1. denoting a collection of objects or information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place

   Shakespeareana

   Victoriana

   Americana

---

ana ⁶ British  

/ ˈeɪnə, ˈɑːnə /

adverb

1.  aa.  obsolete pharmacol (of ingredients in a prescription) in equal quantities

---

Etymology

Origin of ana¹

First recorded in 1720–30; independent use of -ana

Origin of ana²

1490–1500; < Medieval Latin < Greek aná of each

Origin of ana-³

From Greek, combining form of aná; no necessary relation to on

Origin of -ana⁴

< Latin, neuter plural of -ānus -an

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, Ana Hernandez, a Pico Gardens resident, is wary of stakeholders behind the BID proposal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Jaimes, a 22-year-old Santa Ana resident, was one of thousands of people who crowded into the neighborhood’s many bars and restaurants to watch the thrilling victory then spilled onto the streets to party.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

On a recent morning, Ana Alvarez waited in a line of vehicles at a St. Mary’s food bank in Phoenix.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

“The diplomatic backdrop has improved but remains short of operational normalization,” said Kpler’s Ana Subasic, trade risk analyst, and Yuan Li, junior risk and compliance analyst.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Only a few of the neighbors stood by Mami—Doña Ana, whose daughter watched us, Doña Zena, whose Christian beliefs didn’t allow for envy, and Doña Lola, who valued everyone equally.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Related Words

• oeuvre