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nana | dana |

As an adjective nana

is .

As a verb dana is

to damn.

nana

English

Etymology 1

An aphetic form of banana .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) Short form of banana, the fruit.
  • (slang) A fool.
    • You look a right nana dressed up like that.

    Etymology 2

    Variant spelling of nanna .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A pet name for one's grandmother.
  • A nanny.

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    dana

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • of uncertain origin.
  • (chiefly, US) derived from the surname.
  • * 1971 J. Anthony Lukas, Don't Shoot — We Are Your Children , Random House, ISBN 0394462874, page 419:
    • Johnie had become a "problem" for the advosers and "baby deans" in University Hall: men with marvelously Puritan names like Dana Cotton and Christopher Wadsworth called him in and asked what the trouble was.
  • usually interpreted as a form of Daniel, taken to use in the twentieth century; possibly borrowed from eastern Europe.
  • A village in Illinois
  • A town in Indiana
  • A city/town in Iowa

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