Hannah vs Henna - What's the difference?
hannah | henna |
Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.
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* 1959 , Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories , Houghton Mifflin 1959, page 116
* 2002 (Kate Atkinson), Not the End of the World , Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 33:
A shrub, , having fragrant reddish flowers
A reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black.
A rich reddish-brown colour.
Of a rich reddish-brown colour.
As a proper noun Hannah
is mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.As a noun henna is
a shrub, species: Lawsonia inernis, having fragrant reddish flowers.As an adjective henna is
of a rich reddish-brown colour.hannah
English
Proper noun
(s)- Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah , why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?
- "What about Hannah Schreiber?"
- He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - -
- She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah .