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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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
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
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
Ralph hauled himself onto this platform, noted the coolness and shade, shut one eye, ana decided that the shadows on his body were really green.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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.
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
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
"The people who bet aren't actually financially stable. They usually want to change their lives and end up believing this misleading advertising," Ana Clara Costa, a 21-year-old market vendor in Copacabana, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
It led to him being reunited with his mother, Ana Cândida Évora, who had initially been unable to travel because of the high costs of getting a US visa.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
‘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
Commissioner Ana María Archila was scheduled to meet with Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations . . . on July 7.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ana gazes around the room, milking the drama of the moment.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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
For Japanese airlines, there is an argument for being long ANA Holdings versus short Japan Airlines, the head of Japanese equity strategy says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
The alleged head of a network that diverted more than $20 million of European Union farm subsidies has been ordered into pre-trial detention following questioning, the ANA news agency reported Monday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 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 Jonson, Ben
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