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# ana

«ana» in Mova's school dictionary: **mostly a girl's name, a form of Anna, common in Spanish…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ana — rare); suffix (-ana); also a name (Ana)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ana is mostly a girl's name, a form of Anna, common in Spanish and Portuguese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#m1)

2) As an ending, -ana (also -iana) means a collection of things about a person or place: «Victoriana» = things from Queen Victoria's time; «Americana» = things typical of American culture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#m2)

3) As a rare noun, «ana» means a collection of sayings or stories about someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories you will meet Ana as a name (Ana in a book, a classmate). In history lessons and museums words like «Victoriana» or «Americana» describe old objects from a time or place. As a word on its own it is very rare; it may also be a piece of a longer word (banana, Montana).

### examples

- Ana is my best friend's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x1)
- Ana lives with her grandma in Madrid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x2)
- The museum shop sells Victoriana, like old toys and lamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x3)
- The diner was full of Americana: neon signs and old posters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x4)
- «Ana» is the Spanish form of Anna. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x5)
- Montana and Indiana end in -ana. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x6)
- The book is a collection of ana about a famous poet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x7)
- Ana wrote her name on the board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x8)
- “Would you have got as good poems by the Shannon or the Suir or by sweet Ana Life’?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/#x9)

### note

A name is written with a capital letter: Ana. As a word on its own it is mostly a fragment or name, rarely used. Do not confuse with «Anna» (same name, two n's) or with abbreviations like ANA.

### In the corpora

- [She's the one who's here.» Ana was born in Colombia and looks different from her mum and dad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/522-adoption/24/)
- [«It's wicked annoying,» Ana says («wicked» means very, in New England).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/522-adoption/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ana» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ana/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.