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.
American Newspaper Association.
American Nurses Association.
Association of National Advertisers.
up; upwards
anadromous
again
anagram
back; backwards
anatropous
a collection of reminiscences, sketches, etc, of or about a person or place
an item of or for such a collection
First recorded in 1720–30; independent use of -ana
1490–1500; < Medieval Latin < Greek aná of each
From Greek, combining form of aná; no necessary relation to on
< Latin, neuter plural of -ānus -an
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For example, we know that the prepositions ina "in," "from" and ana "to, for" were sometimes run together with the word that followed.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2022
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.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2022
Ine aconahive ite chi yi tua tieya ana na’que I’yo lo’, he read aloud one morning.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2017
“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.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2015
As much as everyone grumbled about Alfonso and Mari- ana, no one ever stood up to them.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
These are similar to the Interrogative Nouns and are formed by the addition of the syllables -aua, -ana, or -ala instead of a.
From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood
Membrane -ana: any thin, transparent, flexible body tissue: specifically the wing tissue between the veins: in Heteroptera, the thin membranous tip of the hemelytra.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
The demonstrative adjectives in Fuyuge are represented by the suffixes -ana, this, -ala, this, here, -vala that, there.
From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood
Finally, Zanasanes may be referred to the root zan or jan, "to kill," which is perhaps simply followed by the common appellative suffix -ana.
Yet there were 60,000 qualified nursing applicants turned away from nursing schools this past year, according to the A.N.A.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
When the banker who served as Ansett's board chairman suggested that he sell out to competing Australian National, Ansett fired him, eventually bought out A.N.A. himself for $6,700,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Commissioner Ana María Archila was scheduled to meet with Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"But it's a win for our community in Santa Ana."
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Ana Carolina Evangelista, director of the Institute for the Study of Religion, told AFP that Michelle Bolsonaro was also "the person who connects and communicates organically with Brazil's evangelical community."
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
By the end, screenwriter Ana Nogueira tees up some compelling moral dilemmas about the ethics of revenge, but Gillespie’s direction fails to entertain them with the weight they deserve.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
So luckily for me, that left both Nicole and Ana with little choice in the matter.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
It names ANA as its most preferred among the three, citing its stable long-term yield outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
The Greek coastguard on Friday rescued nearly 400 would-be migrants from a fishing boat and another vessel off southern Crete, ANA news agency reported.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Its website claims to have more than 6,000 employees in over 80 cities, and corporate partners including Singapore Airlines, Korean Air and Japan’s ANA airline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Then she quickly added the ANA Inspiration title.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
Oh, I swore that I would be faithful to the death; that I should die if they refused me; that no woman could ever be to me what she was— ANA.
From Man and Superman by Shaw, Bernard
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