Ana- \An"a-\ [Gr. 'ana` on; in comp., on, up, upwards.]
   A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,
   throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
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	ana \a"na\ ([=a]"n[.a]), adv. [Gr. 'ana` (used distributively).]
   (Med.)
   Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or,
   contracted, aa) two ounces, [ounceap] ij., that is, of wine
   and honey, each, two ounces. --AS
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         An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. --Dryden.
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	-ana \-a"na\ (-[=a]"n[.a]). [The neut. pl. ending of Latin
   adjectives in -anus.]
   A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
   collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes,
   etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of
   Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
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   Note: Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas.

               It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is
               worth all the ana of the Continent. --Hallam.
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	Ana
    n 1: mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with
         Danu
    2: a collection of anecdotes about a person or place

	

	100 Moby Thesaurus words for "ana":
   Festschrift, adage, album, analects, anthology, aphorism, apothegm,
   aquarium, archives, axiom, beauties, biographical material,
   biographical records, body, byword, canon, catchword, chrestomathy,
   clippings, collectanea, collected sayings, collected works,
   collection, compilation, complete works, corpus, current saying,
   cuttings, data, delectus, dictate, dictum, distich, epigram,
   excerpta, excerpts, expression, extracts, florilegium, flowers,
   fragments, fund, garden, garland, gleanings, gnome, golden saying,
   government archives, government papers, historical documents,
   historical records, holdings, library, life records, maxim,
   memorabilia, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, moral, mot, motto,
   museum, omnibus, oracle, papers, parish rolls, photograph album,
   phrase, pithy saying, posy, precept, prescript,
   presidential papers, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs,
   public records, quotation book, raw data, saw, saying, scrapbook,
   sentence, sententious expression, sloka, stock saying, sutra,
   symposium, teaching, text, treasure, verse, wisdom,
   wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom,
   zoo