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dana
/ˈdeɪ.nə/
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What does dana mean?
noun
- The virtue of generosity or giving, a form of alms, in Indian philosophy.
proper noun
- An American surname.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname, originally given in honor of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
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proper noun
- A town in Indiana; named for Charles Dana, a railroad official.
- A village in Illinois; named for Thomas Dana, a railroad official.
- A city in Iowa; named for Samuel Dana, an early settler.
- A female given name,
- A village in central-west Jordan, from South Levantine Arabic ضانا.
- A village in Amhara, Ethiopia, from Amharic ዳና (dana).
- A town in central-west Nepal, from Nepali दाना (dānā)
- A village in the Gmina of Puck, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
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I am nearly sure that Dana makes out that the greatest number of crustacean forms inhabit warmer temperate regions.
Mr. Dana assures us that our continent developed with almost the regularity of a flower.
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Richard H. Dana served two years before the mast, and had every experience that falls to the lot of the sailor before the mast of our day.
On the following day I saw Dana Island, not far off, and a breeze came up from the land at night, fragrant of the spices or what not of the coast.
The authors agree with Dana and others that there is an intimate relation between acromegaly and gigantism, but they go further and compare both to the growth of the body.