Lana
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lana"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Short form of Alana, or from Russian Лана (Lana), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).
Proper noun[edit]
Lana
- A female given name from Russian.
- 1942 September 5, Irving Wallace, “The Loves of Lana Turner”, in Liberty magazine:
- Mervyn LeRoy, the boyish cigar-smoking director who signed her, didn't like her name Julia. So she thought awhile and said, "What about Lana?" For no reason at all it became Lana - pronounced Lah-nah.
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lana n (proper noun, genitive Lanas or (optionally with an article) Lana)
- A municipality of South Tyrol
Icelandic[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lana f
- a female given name
Declension[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Russian
- English terms derived from Russian
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Russian
- English terms with quotations
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic female given names