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Dictionary: an·a1   (ăn'ə, ä') pronunciation

n., pl., ana, or -as.
  1. A collection of various materials that reflect the character of a person or place: definitive ana of the early American West.
  2. An item in such a collection.

[From New Latin -āna, as in titles of such collections. See -ana.]


an·a2 (ăn'ə) pronunciation
adv.
Both in the same quantity; of each. Used to refer to ingredients in prescriptions.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Greek, at the rate of.]


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(ăn'ə)
adv.

Both in the same quantity; of each. Used to refer to ingredients in prescriptions.

[Gr.] of each; used in prescription writing; abbreviated ā ā.

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a collection of memorable sayings or anecdotes of a person
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a collection of anecdotes about a person or place


 
 
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