Dana1
[dah-nuh]
- Danu.
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Dana2
[dey-nuh]
- Charles Anderson,1819–97, U.S. journalist, editor, and publisher.
- Edward Salisbury,1849–1935, U.S. mineralogist and physicist.
- his fatherJames Dwight,1813–95, U.S. geologist and mineralogist.
- Richard Henry, Jr.,1815–82, U.S. jurist, author, and sailor: specialist in admiralty law.
- a male or female given name.
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Examples from the Web for dana
Contemporary Examples
Taking over the role of Audrey Griswold from Dana Barron and Dana Hill is a young Juliette Lewis in one of her first film roles.
Dinner at Nitehawk Cinema: ‘Christmas Vacation’ and a Beer in a Pear TreeRich Goldstein
December 12, 2014
Dana Rubenstein of The New York Observer wrote that “essential to the experience was segregation.”
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj MahalOlivia Nuzzi
December 8, 2014
UPDATE: Managing editor Will Dana took greater responsibility for Rolling Stone's errors in a series of tweets Friday evening.
I thought: My God, not only do I have Dana and my kids but I have friends like Robin and Gregory [Mosher] who truly care.
Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve's Epic Friendship and the Greatest Williams Story Ever ToldMarlow Stern
August 12, 2014
Maybe he would have had better luck crossing party lines and working with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher.
Historical Examples
I have been privileged to take them home and arrange them in my room and Dana's.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
Dana Marden and his wife were in front of me, not three seats away.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
And, most incredible of all, though Dana would not speak to her, she spoke to him!
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
On the Dana plateau, for example, by the expenditure of 32 hours of labour 48 cwt.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka
Morse attended these lectures and formed with Dana an intimate acquaintance.
The Age of InventionHolland Thompson
Dana
- James Dwight (dwaɪt). 1813–95, American geologist; noted for his work The System of Mineralogy (1837)
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Word Origin and History for dana
Dana
fem. proper name; in U.S. little used before c.1925, then in top 100 for girls born from 1963 to 1984.
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