ana
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 →
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 →
3) As a rare noun, «ana» means a collection of sayings or stories about someone. tree →
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 →
- Ana lives with her grandma in Madrid. tree →
- The museum shop sells Victoriana, like old toys and lamps. tree →
- The diner was full of Americana: neon signs and old posters. tree →
- «Ana» is the Spanish form of Anna. tree →
- Montana and Indiana end in -ana. tree →
- The book is a collection of ana about a famous poet. tree →
- Ana wrote her name on the board. tree →
- “Would you have got as good poems by the Shannon or the Suir or by sweet Ana Life’?” tree →
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.
- «It's wicked annoying,» Ana says («wicked» means very, in New England).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ana» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.