ana
nounadverbnounadverbnouncommon in dialogue
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A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
noun
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A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards
Jefferson was aware of the literary tradition of anas, which extended back at least as far as Athenaeus's Dipnosophistarum, a delightful collection of table talk from ancient times covering a variety of subjects including law, literature, medicine, and philosophy.
Etymology
Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).
adverb
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Of each; an equal quantity.
wine and honey, ana / ij
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).
noun
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Anorexia.
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Ancient Greek ὀρέγω (orégō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía)lbor. English anorexiaclip. English ana Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.
adverb
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In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek; see ana-.
noun
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Variant of annaAlternative form of anna (“a former subdivision of the rupee”).
Etymology
From Hindi अन्न (ann, “food, grain”), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).
Forms
- plural
- anas
- comparative
- more ana
- superlative
- most ana
ana · A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
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