-ana


-ana

or -ianasuff. A collection of items relating to a specified person or place: Americana.
[New Latin -āna, from Latin, neuter pl. of -ānus, adj. and n. suff.; see -an1.]

-ana

or

-iana

suffix forming nounsdenoting a collection of objects or information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place: Shakespeareana; Victoriana; Americana. [New Latin, from Latin -āna, literally: matters relating to, neuter plural of -ānus; see -an]

an•a

(ˈæn ə, ˈɑ nə)

n. 1. a collection of miscellaneous information about a subject, person, place, or thing. 2. an item in such a collection, as an anecdote. [1720–30; independent use of -ana]

ana-

a prefix occurring orig. in verbs and verbal derivatives borrowed from Greek, usu. denoting upward or backward motion ( anadromous), completion ( analysis; anatomy), or repetition (anamorphosis). Also, before a vowel, an-. [< Greek, comb. form of aná]

-ana

or -iana

a suffix that forms collective nouns denoting an assembly of items representative of or associated with the place, person, or period named by the stem: Americana; Shakespeareana; Victoriana. [< Latin, neuter pl. of -ānus -an1]

ANA

or A.N.A.,

1. American Newspaper Association. 2. American Nurses Association. 3. Association of National Advertisers.