Ana : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ana	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Ana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ana n mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu a collection of anecdotes about a person or place
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ana- \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ana \A"na\ ([amac]"n[adot]), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ana \-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.