Tana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tana"

English

Lake Tana.

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Malagasy Antananarivobor.

French Tananariveclip.

French Tanabor.

English Tana

Borrowed from French Tana.

Proper noun

Tana

1. Nickname for Antananarivo: the capital and largest city of Madagascar.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Amharic ጣና (ṭana).

Proper noun

Tana

1. A lake in Ethiopia.

Etymology 3

Noun

Tana (plural Tanas or Tanaim)

1. Alternative form of Tanna (“a rabbinic sage”).

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Tana

1. A female given name, Alternative form of Tanya.

Etymology 5

Proper noun

Tana

1. A river in Kenya.

Derived terms

• Tanapox

Anagrams

• anta, Nata, naat, NAAT, AANT, anat., taan, ANTA, Anat, Taan

French

Etymology

Clipping of Tananarive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.na/

Proper noun

Tana f

1. nickname for Antananarivo: the capital and largest city of Madagascar

Italian

Proper noun

Tana f

1. (obsolete) alternative form of Azov

Anagrams

• anta, nata

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tana

1. a municipality of Finnmark, Norway

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈna/, [ta.ˈna]

Proper noun

Tana

1. a male given name
2. a female given name

Usage notes

• A Sakizaya personal name follows this structure: given name + parent’s name (usually father’s name) + o (possessive marker) + family name. Example: Tuku Tiway o Sayun.