Ana

['ɑːnə]

Definition

(noun.) a collection of anecdotes about a person or place.

(noun.) mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu.

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Definition

(adv.) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.

Checker: Victoria

Definition

a suffix to names of persons or places denoting a collection of memorable sayings items of gossip or miscellaneous facts as Johnsoniana Tunbrigiana &c.: applied also to the literature of some special subject as Boxiana Burnsiana Shakespeariana.—n.pl. specially a collection of the table-talk of some one.

Editor: Rhoda