Dana
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪ.nə/, /ˈdænə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Proper noun
editDana
- An American surname of uncertain origin.
- (chiefly US) A unisex given name transferred from the surname, originally given in honor of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
- 1971, J. Anthony Lukas, Don't Shoot — We Are Your Children, Random House, →ISBN, page 419:
- Johnie had become a "problem" for the advisers and "baby deans" in University Hall: men with marvelously Puritan names like Dana Cotton and Christopher Wadsworth called him in and asked what the trouble was.
- 2000, California Blue Book[1], page 168:
- Currently serving his sixth term in Congress, Dana Rohrabacher represents California's scenic 45th Congressional District.
- A female given name from Hebrew, masculine equivalent Daniel, from Romanian, Czech, Slovak and German.
- A unisex given name from Persian, borrowed from Persian دانا (dânâ), meaning “wise”.
- A female given name from Gulf Arabic دانة (dāna), meaning “pearl”.
- A town in Indiana; named for Charles Dana, a railroad official.
- A village in Illinois; named for Thomas Dana, a railroad official.
- A city in Iowa; named for Samuel Dana, an early settler.
- A town in central-west Nepal.
- A village in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
- A village in Amhara, Ethiopia.
- A village in central-west Jordan.
Translations
editAnagrams
editCzech
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFeminine form of the biblical name Dan. Also a short form of Daniela and Bohdana.
Proper noun
editDana f
- a female given name
Declension
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editProper noun
editDana
Latvian
editEtymology
editFirst recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1969. From Daniela.
Proper noun
editDana f
- a female given name
References
editLower Sorbian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editDana
- genitive singular of Dan
- accusative singular of Dan
- nominative dual of Dan
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse Dana, from *dana (“female Dane”), thus a feminine form of Danr, from danr (“Dane”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDana f (definite Dana)
- a female given name from Old Norse, meaning “Dane”, masculine equivalent Dan
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Dana”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
Slovak
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDana f
- a female given name
Declension
editDeclension of Dana
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Dana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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