ANA

ANA

abbr.

1. American Newspaper Association

2. American Nurses Association

3. Association of National Advertisers

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an·a ¹  (n, än)

n. pl. ana or an·as

1. A collection of various materials that reflect the character of a person or place: definitive ana of the early American West.

2. An item in such a collection.

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[From New Latin -na, as in titles of such collections; see -ana.]

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an·a ²  (n)

adv.

Both in the same quantity; of each. Used to refer to ingredients in prescriptions.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Greek, at the rate of; see an- in Indo-European roots.]

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ana

a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, etc.; a miscellany.

See also: Collections and Collecting

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Ana a collection of the sayings of a person, 1727; literary gossip.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Ana - mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
	2.	ana - a collection of anecdotes about a person or place aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole

Translations

ANA n abbr (= American Newspaper Association) → amerikanischer Zeitungsverband (= American Nurses Association) → Verband amerikanischer Krankenschwestern und Krankenpfleger