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# ana

noun (ana — rare); suffix (-ana); also a name (Ana)

«ana» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Ana is mostly a girl's name, a form of Anna, common in Spanish and Portuguese. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#m1)
2. As an ending, -ana (also -iana) means a collection of things about a person or place: «Victoriana» = things from Queen Victoria's time; «Americana» = things typical of American culture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#m2)
3. As a rare noun, «ana» means a collection of sayings or stories about someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories you will meet Ana as a name (Ana in a book, a classmate). In history lessons and museums words like «Victoriana» or «Americana» describe old objects from a time or place. As a word on its own it is very rare; it may also be a piece of a longer word (banana, Montana).

### Examples

- Ana is my best friend's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x1)
- Ana lives with her grandma in Madrid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x2)
- The museum shop sells Victoriana, like old toys and lamps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x3)
- The diner was full of Americana: neon signs and old posters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x4)
- «Ana» is the Spanish form of Anna. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x5)
- Montana and Indiana end in -ana. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x6)
- The book is a collection of ana about a famous poet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x7)
- Ana wrote her name on the board. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x8)
- “Would you have got as good poems by the Shannon or the Suir or by sweet Ana Life’?” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x9)

### Note

A name is written with a capital letter: Ana. As a word on its own it is mostly a fragment or name, rarely used. Do not confuse with «Anna» (same name, two n's) or with abbreviations like ANA.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ana» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ana» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ana.html) on Mova free.