Rana
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rana"
Translingual Edit
Etymology Edit
Proper noun Edit
Rana f
Hypernyms Edit
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Amphibia – class; Lissamphibia - subclass; Anura - order; Ranidae - family
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
Rana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
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English Edit
Etymology Edit
Various origins of surname:
- Borrowed from Hindi राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”).
- Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Rana, a nickname for someone with bulging eyes or a croaky voice, from rana (“frog”).
- Borrowed from Galician Raña, a habitational surname from a village in the province of A Coruña.
Proper noun Edit
Rana (countable and uncountable, plural Ranas)
- A surname.
- Rana, Norway, a large municipality in Nordland county, Norway.
- Related terms: Mo i Rana (administrative centre of the municipality)
Statistics Edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rana is the 4923rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7145 individuals. Rana is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (83.22%) and White (10.57%) individuals.
Further reading Edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rana”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Italian Edit
Etymology Edit
From rana (“frog”), a nickname for a person with bulging eyes or a croaky voice.
Proper noun Edit
Rana m or f by sense
- a surname
Further reading Edit
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2022
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Proper noun Edit
Rana
- A municipality of Nordland, Norway
Related terms Edit
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Proper noun Edit
Rana
- A municipality of Nordland, Norway