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Manna vs Anna - What's the difference?

manna | anna |

As nouns the difference between manna and anna

is that manna is while anna is maize.

manna

English

Alternative forms

* (possibly archaic) mana

Noun

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  • Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
  • By extension, any good thing which comes into one's hands by luck or good fortune.
  • The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.[http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html]
  • * 1966 , Bill Beatty, Tales of Old Australia , National Distributors, ISBN 1-86436-013-5, page 14, discussing old Australian foods
    • The icing on the cake was made from manna, which was gathered under the manna gums. Manna mixed with milk made a splendid icing.

    Derived terms

    * Australian manna * manna ash * mannitol * mannose * Persian manna * tamarisk manna

    External links

    * (wikipedia "manna")

    Anagrams

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    anna

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee.

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