4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ana- \An"a-\ [Gr. 'ana` on in comp., on up upwards.]
A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up upward,
throughout, backward, back again anew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ana \A"na\ ([=a]"n[.a]), adv [Gr. 'ana` (used distributively).]
(Med.)
Of each an equal quantity; as wine and honey, ana (or,
contracted, aa), ? ij., that is of wine and honey, each two
ounces.
An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ana \-a"na\ [The neut. pl ending of Latin adjectives in
-anus.]
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes,
etc Thus Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of
Scaliger Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc
Note: Used also as a substantive; as the French anas.
It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is
worth all the ana of the Continent. --Hallam.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Ana
n 1: (Irish) mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes
identified with Danu [syn: {Ana}]
2: a collection of anecdotes about a person or place
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