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Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Greek: Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה, romanized: Ḥannāh), meaning "favour" or "grace". Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana , Anne , originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for ...
The best known bearer of the nickname Nannerl was Austrian musician Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829), the elder sister of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, after whom some other women were named. United States government data also shows that Nannerl was in use as an independent name as well as a diminutive for Anna and its variants by 1916. [1] [3]
Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...
Saving the planet's oceans from plastic pollution isn't on the agenda of a typical 12-year-old -- however, Anna Du is working to achieve just that. 12-year-old engineer invents device to combat ...
Said of a vessel making a voyage without being carried aboard another vessel; e.g. "the yacht crossed the ocean on her own bottom", or in the plural, "yachts rarely cross the ocean on their own bottoms". on station A ship's destination, typically an area to be patrolled or guarded. on the beach 1.
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. [1] Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries).
Ana (Cyrillic: Ана) is a version of the female given name Anna meaning "favour" or "grace".. In Croatia, the name Ana was the second most common feminine given name, or among the top ten most common, in almost all decades for which there is census data.
In Hindi, the name "Anan" means face. Rarely is a person named Anan in India. However when Anan is conjoined with some number, it denotes either a God or a demon. Examples: Chaturanan [one with four faces] - Lord Brahma; Panchanana [one with five faces] - Lord Shiva; Dashanana [one with ten faces] - Demon Ravana