Dana
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːnə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Proper noun
Dana
- An American surname of uncertain origin.
- (chiefly US) A male given name derived from the surname.
- 1971 J. Anthony Lukas, Don't Shoot — We Are Your Children, Random House, →ISBN, page 419:
- Johnie had become a "problem" for the advisers 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.
- 2000, California Blue Book, page 168:
- Currently serving his sixth term in Congress, Dana Rohrabacher represents California's scenic 45th Congressional District.
- 1971 J. Anthony Lukas, Don't Shoot — We Are Your Children, Random House, →ISBN, page 419:
- A female given name 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
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1969. From Daniela.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdana/
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdana/
Proper noun
Dana f (genitive Dany, nominative plural Dany) declension pattern žena
- A female given name.
Declension
Further reading
- Dana in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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