"Anna" meaning in English

See Anna in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈænə/, [ˈeənə] [æ-tensing] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Anna.wav Forms: Annas [plural]
Rhymes: -ænə Etymology: From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|Anna}} Late Latin Anna, {{der|en|grc-koi|Ἄννα}} Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), {{der|en|he|חַנָּה||Hannah|tr=Ḥannâ}} Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), {{doublet|en|Ann|Anne|Ana|Hannah}} Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Annas}} Anna (plural Annas)
  1. A female given name from Latin.
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-gQoJTTk- Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Sami translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Sami translations: 29 6 3 8 2 4 10 26 8 4
  2. A prophetess in the New Testament. Translations (biblical prophetess): حَنَّة (ḥanna) [feminine] (Arabic), Աննա (english: Anna) (Armenian), Га́нна (Hánna) [feminine] (Belarusian), আনা (ana) (Bengali), А́нна (Ánna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 亞拿 /亚拿 (Yàná) (Chinese Mandarin), 安娜 (Ānnà) (Chinese Mandarin), Anna [feminine] (Danish), Anna [feminine] (Dutch), Hanna (Estonian), Anna (Faroese), Hanna [feminine] (Faroese), Hanna (Finnish), Anne [feminine] (French), ანა (ana) (Georgian), Hanna [feminine] (German), Anna [Elberfelder-Bibel, Textbibel, feminine] (German), ʻAna (Hawaiian), חַנָּה (khaná) [feminine] (Hebrew), Anna (Hungarian), Anna (Italian), アンナ (english: Anna) (Japanese), 안나 (english: Anna) (Korean), Ана (english: Ana) [feminine] (Macedonian), Ánná (Northern Sami), Anna (Norwegian), حنا (hannâ) (Persian), Ana [feminine] (Portuguese), А́нна (Ánna) [feminine] (Russian), А̏на [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), А́на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ȁna [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Ána [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Hanna [common-gender] (Swedish), อันนา (Thai), Га́нна (Hánna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-MmRldYGu Categories (other): Biblical characters Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 6 29 1 11 0 1 9 23 7 2 11 Disambiguation of 'biblical prophetess': 5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3
  3. A city in Illinois. Categories (place): Cities in Illinois, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-g84OSjQn
  4. A city in Texas. Categories (place): Cities in Texas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-6ZvNuSZK Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3
  5. A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. Categories (place): Places in Russia, Places in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, Towns in Russia, Towns in Voronezh Oblast, Russia
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-3VyYljXK
  6. A village in Järva, Estonia. Categories (place): Places in Estonia, Villages in Estonia
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-ObDdStiJ
  7. A village in Fars Province, Iran. Categories (place): Places in Fars Province, Iran, Places in Iran, Villages in Fars Province, Iran, Villages in Iran
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-WltBXWjX Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3
  8. A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. Categories (place): Places in Iran, Places in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran, Villages in Iran, Villages in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-oQj8gvFL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Sami translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Individuals Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 0 19 0 1 15 33 10 1 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 5 1 10 0 1 23 33 18 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 13 8 5 13 3 4 13 25 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 12 7 6 12 3 4 13 24 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 12 7 6 12 3 4 15 23 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 18 5 3 9 2 3 13 34 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 9 2 15 0 1 15 28 13 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 14 6 4 14 0 4 14 26 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 13 7 6 12 3 4 13 24 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 9 1 15 0 1 15 29 13 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 12 7 6 12 3 4 13 24 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hawaiian translations: 13 7 5 13 4 4 13 25 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 5 3 12 0 1 20 29 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 6 2 15 0 1 15 27 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 7 6 12 3 4 13 24 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 13 7 5 13 4 4 13 25 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 14 6 4 13 0 1 18 28 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Sami translations: 29 6 3 8 2 4 10 26 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 12 7 5 12 3 4 15 26 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 7 6 12 3 4 12 23 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 7 1 16 0 1 17 31 14 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 12 7 6 12 3 4 12 24 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 7 4 13 4 4 13 25 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 15 6 4 14 0 1 15 27 14 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 13 7 5 13 4 4 13 25 12 6 Disambiguation of Individuals: 7 6 2 18 0 1 15 29 9 2 12
  9. A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler. Categories (place): Places in Ohio, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in Ohio, USA, Villages in the United States Derived forms: Anna Karenina principle, Anna Kournikova, Anna potatoes, Anna's hummingbird, Queen Anne's thimbles, Santa Anna
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-B7r~DZdf Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3
  10. A municipality of the Valencian Community, Spain. Categories (place): Municipalities of Valencia, Spain, Places in Spain, Places in Valencia, Spain
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-zzYkvB~W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈænə/, [ˈeənə] [æ-tensing] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Anna.wav
Rhymes: -ænə Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Anna
  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq. Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: Anah (extra: a city in Anbar, Iraq) Categories (place): Cities in Iraq, Places in Iraq
    Sense id: en-Anna-en-name-dFntQmu6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "安娜",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 安娜 (Ānnà)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 安娜 (Ānnà)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "Anna"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin Anna",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc-koi",
        "3": "Ἄννα"
      },
      "expansion": "Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "חַנָּה",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Hannah",
        "tr": "Ḥannâ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Ann",
        "3": "Anne",
        "4": "Ana",
        "5": "Hannah"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Annas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Annas"
      },
      "expansion": "Anna (plural Annas)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 6 3 8 2 4 10 26 8 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Northern Sami translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19",
          "text": "Every lover the years disclose / Is of a beautiful name made free. / One befriends, and all others are foes. / Anna's the name of names for me."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              181,
              185
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins, published 2014, →ISBN, page 189:",
          "text": "M for Madeleine, M for Marguerite, M for Melanie and the rest, she thought, smiling as she remembered the long string of glamorous names they had invented for her. No wonder plain \"Anna\" had seemed a little disappointing!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              197,
              201
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1986, Sue Miller, The Good Mother, G.K.Hall, published 1987, →ISBN, page 183:",
          "text": "His real name was Leonard, Len. He'd changed it when he came East. \"Len,\" he said. \"A turd of a name. Who wants it? I mean a name that ends in a nasalization, for Christ's sake. Leo now. It's like Anna. They go on forever. You can live with a name like that.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Latin."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-gQoJTTk-",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 29 1 11 0 1 9 23 7 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biblical characters",
          "orig": "en:Biblical characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:36:",
          "text": "And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prophetess in the New Testament."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-MmRldYGu",
      "links": [
        [
          "prophetess",
          "prophetess"
        ],
        [
          "New Testament",
          "New Testament"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥanna",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "حَنَّة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "english": "Anna",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "Աննա"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "Hánna",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Га́нна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ana",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "আনা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "Ánna",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "А́нна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Yàná",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "亞拿 /亚拿"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Ānnà",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "安娜"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Anna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Anna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "Hanna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "Anna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hanna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "Hanna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Anne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ana",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "ანა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hanna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "Elberfelder-Bibel",
            "Textbibel",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Anna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "ʻAna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khaná",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "חַנָּה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "Anna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "Anna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "Anna",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "アンナ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "english": "Anna",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "안나"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "english": "Ana",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ана"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "Ánná"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "Anna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hannâ",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "حنا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Ánna",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "А́нна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "А̏на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "А́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "Ȁna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ána"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "Hanna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "word": "อันนา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 84 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Hánna",
          "sense": "biblical prophetess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Га́нна"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Illinois, USA",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Illinois, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Cities in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Illinois, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Illinois, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in Illinois."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-g84OSjQn",
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Illinois",
          "Illinois#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Texas, USA",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Texas, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Cities in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Texas, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Texas, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in Texas."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-6ZvNuSZK",
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Texas",
          "Texas#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Russia",
          "orig": "en:Places in Russia",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Voronezh Oblast, Russia",
          "orig": "en:Places in Voronezh Oblast, Russia",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Towns in Russia",
          "orig": "en:Towns in Russia",
          "parents": [
            "Towns",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Towns in Voronezh Oblast, Russia",
          "orig": "en:Towns in Voronezh Oblast, Russia",
          "parents": [
            "Towns",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-3VyYljXK",
      "links": [
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "Voronezh",
          "Voronezh#English"
        ],
        [
          "Russia",
          "Russia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Estonia",
          "orig": "en:Places in Estonia",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Estonia",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Estonia",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Järva, Estonia."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-ObDdStiJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "Järva",
          "Järva#English"
        ],
        [
          "Estonia",
          "Estonia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Fars Province, Iran",
          "orig": "en:Places in Fars Province, Iran",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Iran",
          "orig": "en:Places in Iran",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Fars Province, Iran",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Fars Province, Iran",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Iran",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Iran",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Fars Province, Iran."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-WltBXWjX",
      "links": [
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "Fars",
          "Fars#English"
        ],
        [
          "Iran",
          "Iran#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Iran",
          "orig": "en:Places in Iran",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran",
          "orig": "en:Places in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Iran",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Iran",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 0 19 0 1 15 33 10 1 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 5 1 10 0 1 23 33 18 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 8 5 13 3 4 13 25 12 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 6 12 3 4 13 24 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Belarusian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 6 12 3 4 15 23 12 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bengali translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 5 3 9 2 3 13 34 10 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 9 2 15 0 1 15 28 13 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 6 4 14 0 4 14 26 14 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 7 6 12 3 4 13 24 12 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Faroese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 9 1 15 0 1 15 29 13 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 6 12 3 4 13 24 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 7 5 13 4 4 13 25 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 5 3 12 0 1 20 29 13 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 2 15 0 1 15 27 15 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 6 12 3 4 13 24 12 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 7 5 13 4 4 13 25 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 6 4 13 0 1 18 28 13 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 6 3 8 2 4 10 26 8 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Northern Sami translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 2 15 0 1 15 28 14 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 5 12 3 4 15 26 11 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Persian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 6 12 3 4 12 23 15 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 1 16 0 1 17 31 14 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 6 12 3 4 12 24 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 4 13 4 4 13 25 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 4 14 0 1 15 27 14 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Thai translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 7 5 13 4 4 13 25 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 2 18 0 1 15 29 9 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Individuals",
          "orig": "en:Individuals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-oQj8gvFL",
      "links": [
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad",
          "Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad#English"
        ],
        [
          "Iran",
          "Iran#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Ohio, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Ohio, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Ohio, USA",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Ohio, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Villages in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 1 12 0 3 23 28 12 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 11 0 1 10 18 53 1",
          "word": "Anna Karenina principle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 11 0 1 10 18 53 1",
          "word": "Anna Kournikova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 11 0 1 10 18 53 1",
          "word": "Anna potatoes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 11 0 1 10 18 53 1",
          "word": "Anna's hummingbird"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 11 0 1 10 18 53 1",
          "word": "Queen Anne's thimbles"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 11 0 1 10 18 53 1",
          "word": "Santa Anna"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-B7r~DZdf",
      "links": [
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "Ohio",
          "Ohio#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Municipalities of Valencia, Spain",
          "orig": "en:Municipalities of Valencia, Spain",
          "parents": [
            "Municipalities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Spain",
          "orig": "en:Places in Spain",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Valencia, Spain",
          "orig": "en:Places in Valencia, Spain",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A municipality of the Valencian Community, Spain."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-zzYkvB~W",
      "links": [
        [
          "municipality",
          "municipality"
        ],
        [
          "Valencian Community",
          "Valencian Community#English"
        ],
        [
          "Spain",
          "Spain#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈeənə]",
      "tags": [
        "æ-tensing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Anna.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænə"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Anne the Prophetess",
    "St Anne"
  ],
  "word": "Anna"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Anna",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a city in Anbar, Iraq",
          "word": "Anah"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Iraq",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Iraq",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Iraq",
          "orig": "en:Places in Iraq",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq."
      ],
      "id": "en-Anna-en-name-dFntQmu6",
      "links": [
        [
          "Anah",
          "Anah#English"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Anbar",
          "Anbar#English"
        ],
        [
          "Iraq",
          "Iraq#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈeənə]",
      "tags": [
        "æ-tensing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Anna.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Anna"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English eponyms",
    "English female given names from Hebrew",
    "English female given names from Koine Greek",
    "English lemmas",
    "English palindromes",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Hebrew",
    "English terms derived from Koine Greek",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 25 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ænə",
    "Rhymes:English/ænə/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Northern Sami translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Biblical characters",
    "en:Individuals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Anna Karenina principle"
    },
    {
      "word": "Anna Kournikova"
    },
    {
      "word": "Anna potatoes"
    },
    {
      "word": "Anna's hummingbird"
    },
    {
      "word": "Queen Anne's thimbles"
    },
    {
      "word": "Santa Anna"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "安娜",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 安娜 (Ānnà)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 安娜 (Ānnà)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "Anna"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin Anna",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc-koi",
        "3": "Ἄννα"
      },
      "expansion": "Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "חַנָּה",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Hannah",
        "tr": "Ḥannâ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Ann",
        "3": "Anne",
        "4": "Ana",
        "5": "Hannah"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Annas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Annas"
      },
      "expansion": "Anna (plural Annas)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English female given names from Latin",
        "English given names",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19",
          "text": "Every lover the years disclose / Is of a beautiful name made free. / One befriends, and all others are foes. / Anna's the name of names for me."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              181,
              185
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins, published 2014, →ISBN, page 189:",
          "text": "M for Madeleine, M for Marguerite, M for Melanie and the rest, she thought, smiling as she remembered the long string of glamorous names they had invented for her. No wonder plain \"Anna\" had seemed a little disappointing!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              197,
              201
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1986, Sue Miller, The Good Mother, G.K.Hall, published 1987, →ISBN, page 183:",
          "text": "His real name was Leonard, Len. He'd changed it when he came East. \"Len,\" he said. \"A turd of a name. Who wants it? I mean a name that ends in a nasalization, for Christ's sake. Leo now. It's like Anna. They go on forever. You can live with a name like that.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Latin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:36:",
          "text": "And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prophetess in the New Testament."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prophetess",
          "prophetess"
        ],
        [
          "New Testament",
          "New Testament"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cities in Illinois, USA",
        "en:Cities in the United States",
        "en:Places in Illinois, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in Illinois."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Illinois",
          "Illinois#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cities in Texas, USA",
        "en:Cities in the United States",
        "en:Places in Texas, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in Texas."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Texas",
          "Texas#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Russia",
        "en:Places in Voronezh Oblast, Russia",
        "en:Towns in Russia",
        "en:Towns in Voronezh Oblast, Russia"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "Voronezh",
          "Voronezh#English"
        ],
        [
          "Russia",
          "Russia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Estonia",
        "en:Villages in Estonia"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Järva, Estonia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "Järva",
          "Järva#English"
        ],
        [
          "Estonia",
          "Estonia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Fars Province, Iran",
        "en:Places in Iran",
        "en:Villages in Fars Province, Iran",
        "en:Villages in Iran"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Fars Province, Iran."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "Fars",
          "Fars#English"
        ],
        [
          "Iran",
          "Iran#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Iran",
        "en:Places in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran",
        "en:Villages in Iran",
        "en:Villages in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad",
          "Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad#English"
        ],
        [
          "Iran",
          "Iran#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Ohio, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Villages in Ohio, USA",
        "en:Villages in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ],
        [
          "Ohio",
          "Ohio#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Municipalities of Valencia, Spain",
        "en:Places in Spain",
        "en:Places in Valencia, Spain"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A municipality of the Valencian Community, Spain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "municipality",
          "municipality"
        ],
        [
          "Valencian Community",
          "Valencian Community#English"
        ],
        [
          "Spain",
          "Spain#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈeənə]",
      "tags": [
        "æ-tensing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Anna.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænə"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥanna",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَنَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "Anna",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "Աննա"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Hánna",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Га́нна"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ana",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "আনা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Ánna",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "А́нна"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yàná",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "亞拿 /亚拿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Ānnà",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "安娜"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anna"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anna"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "Hanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "Anna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "Hanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ana",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "ანა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "Elberfelder-Bibel",
        "Textbibel",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anna"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "ʻAna"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khaná",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חַנָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "Anna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "Anna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "Anna",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "アンナ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Anna",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "안나"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "english": "Ana",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ана"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "Ánná"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "Anna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hannâ",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "حنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ánna",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "А́нна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "А̏на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "А́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Ȁna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ána"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Hanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "word": "อันนา"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Hánna",
      "sense": "biblical prophetess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Га́нна"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Anne the Prophetess",
    "St Anne"
  ],
  "word": "Anna"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English eponyms",
    "English female given names from Hebrew",
    "English female given names from Koine Greek",
    "English lemmas",
    "English palindromes",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 25 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ænə",
    "Rhymes:English/ænə/2 syllables",
    "en:Biblical characters",
    "en:Individuals"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Anna",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a city in Anbar, Iraq",
          "word": "Anah"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "en:Cities in Iraq",
        "en:Places in Iraq"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Anah",
          "Anah#English"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Anbar",
          "Anbar#English"
        ],
        [
          "Iraq",
          "Iraq#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈeənə]",
      "tags": [
        "æ-tensing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Anna.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Anna.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Anna"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Anna meaning in English (13.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-20 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.