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# yana

noun (Yana, a name); also part of words (-yana, Buddhism)

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

## Everyday

1. (a name) Yana is a girl's name, common in Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and other countries; in Ukrainian it is written Яна. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yana/#m1)
2. (Buddhism) In Sanskrit, "yana" means "vehicle" or "path", and appears in the names of branches of Buddhism, such as Mahayana and Vajrayana. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yana/#m2)
3. Yana is also the name of a river in Siberia, Russia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yana/#m3)

### In the lessons

It is not an ordinary English word. In stories and class lists it is usually a girl's name, said "YAH-nuh". In religion lessons about Buddhism, you may see it inside longer words like Mahayana ("great vehicle"), meaning a way to reach enlightenment.

### Examples

- Yana is a new girl in our class from Ukraine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yana/#x1)
- Yana and I sit together at lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yana/#x2)
- Mahayana Buddhism is followed in China, Japan and Korea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yana/#x3)
- In Sanskrit, "yana" means "vehicle" or "path". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yana/#x4)
- The Yana River flows north to the Arctic Ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yana/#x5)
- Yana wrote her name in Ukrainian letters: Яна. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yana/#x6)

### Note

As a name it takes a capital letter: Yana. It is not an English word, and there is nothing else to invent about it. In Buddhist terms it is joined to another word (Mahayana, Vajrayana).

## On Mova

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