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• 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
• 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.

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ana ² American  

[an-uh] / ˈæn ə /

adverb

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

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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.

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-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.

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A.N.A. ⁵ American  

Or ANA

abbreviation

1. American Newspaper Association.

2. American Nurses Association.

3. Association of National Advertisers.

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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

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adjective

1. anorexic

ana- ² British  

prefix

1. up; upwards

   anadromous

2. again

   anagram

3. back; backwards

   anatropous

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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

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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

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-ana ⁵ British  

suffix

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

   Shakespeareana

   Victoriana

   Americana

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ana ⁶ British  

/ ˈeɪnə, ˈɑːnə /

adverb

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

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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

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Example Sentences

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ana -ana A.N.A. Ana ANA

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

Daario ana Hero, Jhogo and Groleo, and three of Hizdahr’s kin.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Finally, Zanasanes may be referred to the root zan or jan, "to kill," which is perhaps simply followed by the common appellative suffix -ana.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

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 Robert Wood Williamson

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 Robert Wood Williamson

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 John. B. Smith

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

A weekend heat wave and Santa Ana winds will bring red flag warnings to mountainous areas of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Their mentality: “Let me ‘optionality’ all of this till the very last minute,” said Ana Homayoun, academic adviser and author.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Residents can expect a “weak to moderate Santa Ana wind across Southern California,” said Rich Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, with conditions developing late Thursday and through the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Pacific can be likened to someone "burning with fever", says Ana Liza Solis, head of climatology at the Philippines' national weather bureau.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

When we’re ready to rest, we have tapas at one of the cafés on the Plaza de Santa Ana, next to a statue of the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

On Thursday, ANA forecast a 43% drop in net profit for the year that started in April.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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

ANA flight 71 from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport was carrying about 200 people and no injuries were reported, NHK said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

Learning to better that invention above him? and infanted with pleasant travel— ANA.

From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson

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