Lana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lana"

English

Etymology

Short form of Alana, or from Russian Лана (Lana), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).

Proper noun

Lana

1. A female given name from Russian.
   • 1942 September 5, Irving Wallace, “The Loves of Lana Turner”, in Liberty magazine:

     Mervyn LeRoy, the boyish cigar-smoking director who signed her, didn't like her name Julia. So she thought awhile and said, "What about Lana?" For no reason at all it became Lana - pronounced Lah-nah.

   • 2013, Matt Haig, The Humans, Canongate, →ISBN, page 832:

     I discovered that her full name was Margaret Lowell. I wasn't an expert on Earth names, but I still knew this was wildly inappropriate. She should have been called Lana Bellcurve or Ashley Brainsex or something.

Anagrams

• Alan, Anal, Nala, alan, anal, anal., nala

German

Proper noun

Lana n (proper noun, genitive Lanas or (optionally with an article) Lana)

1. A municipality of South Tyrol

Icelandic

Proper noun

Lana f

1. a female given name

Declension

declension of Lana

f-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Lana
accusative	Lönu
dative	Lönu
genitive	Lönu