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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

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

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 Robert Wood Williamson

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

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

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

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

That dependence has a cost, argues Ana Maria Jaller-Makarewicz, an analyst for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis global think tank.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

"Maybe it will be a good thing because, after all, right now there's nothing," said Ana Diago, 66, who retired and then returned to work at a port company.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 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

Investors poured in nearly $8 billion across 207 deals in the Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Santa Ana metro areas, up 28% from a year earlier, according to PitchBook.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Ana stares at me with those amazing eyes of hers.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

A ministry source told state agency ANA the decision "prioritises the implementation of critical infrastructure projects".

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 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 officials were not immediately available for comment.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

I saw then how useless it is to attempt to impose conditions on the irresistible force of Life; to preach prudence, careful selection, virtue, honor, chastity— ANA.

From Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw

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