Ana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ana"

English

Etymology 1

From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄνにゅーνにゅーαあるふぁ (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oregonian river, named for Ana Byars, daughter of the surveyor W.H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah.

Proper noun

Ana

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Hannah.
2. A river in Oregon, United States.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ana

1. Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq.
   • 2012, David Kennedy et al., Rome's Desert Frontier from the Air, page 114:

     Ana Island and a strip of flat land below the steep banks bordering the Euphrates, some 350 km (220 miles) due east of Palmyra, were occupied for millennia by the buildings of a succession of important settlements...

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Ana

1. An ethnicity within the Yoruba people, mostly living in Benin and Togo in West Africa.
2. The language within the Niger-Congo family spoken by the Ana people.

   Synonym: Ifè

Noun

Ana pl (plural only)

1. A member of the Ana people.

Anagrams

• A.A.N., Aan, naa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Anna

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ana, from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄνにゅーνにゅーαあるふぁ (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה. Doublet of Ane and Hanna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: A‧na

Proper noun

Ana f (plural Anas)

1. Ana, a female given name, equivalent to English Ann, Anna, or Anne

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Ana f (genitive/dative Anei)

1. Ana, a female given name, equivalent to English Ann, Anna or Anne

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (Ȁna): IPA^(key): /âna/
• (Ána): IPA^(key): /ǎːna/
• Hyphenation: A‧na

Proper noun

Ȁna or Ána f (Cyrillic spelling А̏на or А́на)

1. Ana, a female given name, equivalent to English Ann, Anna, or Anne

Declension

    Declension of Ana

	singular	plural
nominative	Ana	Ane
genitive	Ane	Ana
dative	Ani	Anama
accusative	Anu	Ane
vocative	Ano	Ane
locative	Ani	Anama
instrumental	Anom	Anama

Further reading

• “Ana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “Ana”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àːna/

Proper noun

Ána f

1. Ana, a female given name, equivalent to English Ann, Anne, or Anna

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	Ána
gen. sing.	Áne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Ána	Áni	Áne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Áne	Án	Án
dative (dajȃlnik)	Áni	Ánama	Ánam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Áno	Áni	Áne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Áni	Ánah	Ánah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Áno	Ánama	Ánami

Further reading

• “Ana”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄνにゅーνにゅーαあるふぁ (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈana/ [ˈa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: A‧na

Proper noun

Ana f

1. Ana, a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Ann, Anna, Anne, or Hannah
   • 2004, Sebastián Dates, “Ana”, in Lo ingenuos que somos, page 37:

     Ana era la prima de Celina y los chicos de mi clase que la conocían decían que era un bombón y no tenía novio.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Hannah (Biblical figure)
3. Anna (Biblical prophetess)

Derived terms

• Anita