English
ana
see also: ANA, Ana
Noun

ana (plural anas)

  1. A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
    • 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8 ↗
      The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards
    • 1903, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin B. Sawvel (editor), The complete anas of Thomas Jefferson, Round Table Press, New York
Adverb

ana (not comparable)

  1. (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.
    wine and honey, ana [or contracted to aa] / ij
    of wine and honey, each, two ounces
Synonyms
  • (of each) aa (abbreviation)
Noun

ana (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).
Adverb

ana

  1. In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
    • 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)
      Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
    • 2005, Animation journal (volumes 13-15)
      Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
Antonyms Noun

ana (plural anas)

  1. Alternative form of anna#English|anna: a former subdivision of the rupee.
ANA
Proper noun
  1. (sports) Abbreviation of Anaheim#English|Anaheim.
  2. (military) Initialism of Afghan National Army
  3. (aviaiton) Initialism of All Nippon Airways
  4. (AU, aviation, historical) Initialism of Australian National Airways
  5. (US, medicine) Initialism of American Nurses Association
Noun

ana (plural anas)

  1. Initialism of anti-nuclear antibody
  2. (UK) Initialism of animal nursing assistant
Synonyms
  • (anti-nuclear antibody) ANF anti-nuclear factor
Ana
Noun
  1. A Yoruba subgroup living in Benin and Togo.
Proper noun
  1. A female given name.
  2. A Niger-Congo language spoken by the Ana people.
    Synonyms: Ifè
  3. A river in Oregon, US.


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