Lana

See also: lana, lána, làna, lãnã, lână, and låna

English

Etymology

Short form of Alana, or from Russian Лана (Lana), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).

Proper noun

Lana

1. A female given name from Russian.
   • 1942 Irving Wallace, The Loves of Lana Turner, Liberty magazine, September 5, 1942:

     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.

   • 2013 Matt Haig, The Humans, Canongate, →ISBN page 832:

     I discovered that her full name was Margaret Lowell. I wasn't an expert on Earth names, but I still knew this was wildly inappropriate. She should have been called Lana Bellcurve or Ashley Brainsex or something.

Anagrams

• Alan, Anal, Nala, alan, anal, nala

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German

Proper noun

Lana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Lanas)

1. A municipality of South Tyrol.