anna

«anna» in Mova's school dictionary: a girl's name — 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 (an anna, annas); name (Anna)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Anna is a girl's name. tree →

2) (old, India) An anna was an old coin of India and nearby lands; sixteen annas made one rupee. tree →

sense in the lessons

As a name it is common in English and in many languages. In old books about India (like Kipling's) prices are given in annas and rupees, which no longer exist as coins in that form.

examples

• Anna is in my class. tree →
• Anna and her brother walk to school together. tree →
• The old merchant sold the mangoes for two annas. tree →
• Sixteen annas made one rupee. tree →
• In Kipling's day a few annas bought a meal. tree →
• The anna is no longer used today. tree →
• "That's awfully pretty," said little Anna. tree →

note

As a name, it is written with a capital A. As a coin, plural annas. Maths: if 16 annas = 1 rupee, then 8 annas = half a rupee.

In the corpora

• Anna has 4 bags of 10 and 3 loose shells, so 43; Ben has 28.
• Tom has 8 apples and Anna gives him 5 more: 8 + 5 = 13, so Tom has 13 apples now.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «anna» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.