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ana | annie |

As a noun ana

is .

As a proper noun annie is

also, a popular given name in the 19th century.

ana

English

Etymology 1

Formed from the (etyl) suffix (-ana); compare ism (from ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
  • * 1803 , publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson , Page 8
    • 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
  • * 1903', , Franklin B. Sawvel (editor), ''The complete '''anas of Thomas Jefferson , Round Table Press, New York
  • * 2008 , Kevin J. Hayes, The road to Monticello: The life and mind of Thomas Jefferson ,
    • 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 2

    From Greek (aná), of each .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (in prescriptions ) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or contracted to aa), / ij. (that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces).

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).
    • Derived terms
    * pro-ana

    Etymology 4

    (etyl); see (ana-).

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
  • * 1985 , Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)
    • 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.
  • * 2005 , Animation journal (volumes 13-15)
    • 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.
    Antonyms
    * kata

    Anagrams

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    annie

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • . Also, a popular given name in the 19th century.
  • * William Douglas(?), :
    • Maxwelton braes are bonnie / Where early fa's the dew; / An' it's there that Annie Laurie / Gi'ed me her promise true.
  • * 1830 , Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names :
    • I never thought of the most brilliant and elegant women in England quite so charming as she really is, till I heard her call her younger sister "Annie ". It seemed to remove at once the almost repellent quality which belongs to extreme polish, - gave a genial warmth to her brightness, became her like a smile. - - - If she had called her sister Anna-Maria according to the register, I should have admired, and feared, and shunned her to my dying day.
  • * 1947 , Hilda Lawrence, Death of a Doll , pages 39-40:
    • "I want you to stop calling yourself by that silly name, Annie'," Mrs. Marshall-Gill said clearly. "It's inappropriate and ridiculous and I don't like it. It may even be dishonest, I don't know. At any rate, you're to stop it at once. I looked up your registration, and your name is ' Annie , a solid, Christian name. You'll do well to abide by it."
    "I don't like Annie ," Jewel said.
    "It suits your face," Mrs. Marshall-Gill said. A titter ran around the listening room.

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