About The Word Ana
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What's The Definition Of Ana?
[n] a collection of anecdotes about a person or place
[n] (Irish) mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu Synonyms | Synonyms for Ana: Related Terms | Find terms related to Ana: adage | album | analects | anthology | aphorism | apothegm | aquarium | archives | axiom | beauties | biographical material | biographical records | body | byword | canon | catchword | chrestomathy | clippings | collectanea | collected sayings | collected works | collection | compilation | complete works | corpus | current saying | cuttings | data | delectus | dictate | dictum | distich | epigram | excerpta | excerpts | expression | extracts | Festschrift | florilegium | flowers | fragments | fund | garden | garland | gleanings | gnome | golden saying | government archives | government papers | historical documents | historical records | holdings | library | life records | maxim | memorabilia | menagerie | miscellanea | miscellany | moral | mot | motto | museum | omnibus | oracle | papers | parish rolls | photograph album | phrase | pithy saying | posy | precept | prescript | presidential papers | proverb | proverbial saying | proverbs | public records | quotation book | raw data | saw | saying | scrapbook | sentence | sententious expression | sloka | stock saying | sutra | symposium | teaching | text | treasure | verse | wisdom | wisdom literature | wise saying | witticism | word | words of wisdom | zoo See Also | accumulation | aggregation | assemblage | Celtic deity | collection Ana In Webster's Dictionary \An"a-\ [Gr. 'ana` on; in comp., on, up, upwards.]
A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,
throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
\A"na\ ([=a]"n[.a]), adv. [Gr. 'ana` (used distributively).] (Med.) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), ? ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces. An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. --Dryden. \-a"na\ [The neut. pl. ending of Latin adjectives in -anus.] A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc. Note: Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas. It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is worth all the ana of the Continent. --Hallam. |
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