ana

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ana /ˈɑːnə/

▶noun archaic

• 1 [treated as pl.] anecdotes or literary gossip about a person.

• 2 [treated as sing.] a collection of a person's memorable sayings.

– origin C18: from -ana.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-ana/ˈɑːnə/

▶suffix (forming plural nouns) denoting things associated with a person, place, or field of interest: Victoriana.

– origin from L., neut. pl. of -anus, adj. ending.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ana- /ˈanə/ (usu. an- before a vowel)

▶prefix

• 1 up: anabatic.

• 2 back: anamnesis.

• 3 again: anabiosis.

– origin from Gk ana ‘up’.