Rana

proper nounattested in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.
2
A large municipality in Nordland county, Norway. See Rana, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Various origins of surname: * Borrowed from Hindi राना (rānā)/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.

Forms

plural: Ranas

Ramu · A language family of Papua New Guinea.ran · Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.Ran · A male given name from Hebrew.

Rana · A surname.

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