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• ANA (noun)
The noun ANA has 2 senses:

1. mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu
2. a collection of anecdotes about a person or place

Familiarity information: ANA used as a noun is rare.

• ANA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Celtic deity (a deity worshipped by the Celts)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A collection of anecdotes about a person or place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("ana" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

"He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon."
(English proverb)
"All dreams spin out from the same web."
(Native American proverb, Hopi)
"An egg-thief will become a horse-thief."
(Armenian proverb)
"Leave the spool to the artisan."
(Corsican proverb)

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