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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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