Sanaa

See also: sanaa and Sana'a

English

Alternative forms

• San'a', Ṣanʻāʼ (stricter transliterations)
• Sana, Sana'a

Etymology

From Arabic صَنْعَاء (ṣanʕāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑˈnɑː/, /səˈnɑː/

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Proper noun

Sanaa

2. The capital and largest city of Yemen.

Derived terms

• Sanaani

Translations

capital of Yemen

• Albanian: Sana f
• Amharic: ሳና (sana)
• Arabic: صَنْعَاء (ar) f (ṣanʕāʔ)
• Armenian: Սանաա (Sanaa), Սանա (Sana)
• Azerbaijani: Səna (az)
• Belarusian: Са́на f (Sána)
• Bengali: সানা (bn) (śana)
• Bulgarian: Са́на f (Sána)
• Burmese: ဆန်နာရာမြို့ (hcannaramrui.)
• Catalan: Sanà
• Chechen: Сана (Sana)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 薩那 / 萨那 (saat³ naa⁵)

  Mandarin: 薩那 / 萨那 (zh) (Sànà)

• Czech: San'á (cs)
• Danish: Sanaá n
• Dutch: Sanaa n
• Estonian: Sanaa
• Finnish: Sanaa (fi)
• French: Sanaa (fr) f
• Georgian: სანა (ka) (sana)
• German: Sanaa (de) n
• Greek: Σαναά (el) f (Sanaá)
• Hebrew: צַנְעָא f (tsan'a)
• Hindi: साना m (sānā)
• Hungarian: Szanaa (hu)
• Icelandic: Sana
• Indonesian: Sana'a
• Irish: San'a
• Italian: Sana'a
• Japanese: サヌア (ja) (Sanua), サナア (ja) (Sanaa)
• Kazakh: Сана (Sana)
• Khmer: សាណា (km) (saanaa)
• Korean: 사나 (ko) (Sana)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Sana

• Kyrgyz: Сана (Sana)
• Latvian: Sana f
• Lithuanian: Sana f
• Malay: Sana'a
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Санаа (Sanaa)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sana, Sanaa

  Nynorsk: Sana, Sanaa

• Ottoman Turkish: صنعا (san'a)
• Pashto: صنعا f (san'ā)
• Persian: صنعا (san'â)
• Polish: Sana (pl) f
• Portuguese: Sanaa f, Saná (pt) f
• Romanian: Sana'a
• Russian: Са́на (ru) f (Sána), Санаа́ f (Sanaá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Са́на f

  Roman: Sána (sh) f, Sana'a f

• Slovak: Saná (sk) f
• Slovene: Sana f
• Spanish: Saná (es)
• Swedish: Sanaa (sv)
• Tagalog: Sanaa
• Tajik: Санъо (San'o)
• Tamil: சானாஅ (cāṉā’a), சானா (cāṉā)
• Tatar: Сәнга (Sänga)
• Thai: ซานา (saa-nâa)
• Tibetan: ས་ནཱ (sa nā)
• Turkish: San'a (tr)
• Turkmen: Sana
• Ukrainian: Са́на (uk) f (Sána)
• Urdu: صنعا m (san'ā), صنعاء m (san'ā')
• Uyghur: سەنئا (ug) (sen'a)
• Uzbek: Sano
• Vietnamese: Xa-na
• Yiddish: סאַנאַ n (sana), סאַנאַ׳ n (sana')

Anagrams

• asana

Dutch

Proper noun

Sanaa n

1. Sanaa (the capital and largest city of Yemen)

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic صَنْعَاء (ṣanʕāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑnɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝nɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑː
• Syllabification^(key): Sa‧naa
• Hyphenation^(key): Sa‧naa

Proper noun

Sanaa

2. Sanaa (capital of Yemen)

Declension

Inflection of Sanaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		Sanaa	—
genitive		Sanaan	—
partitive		Sanaata	—
illative		Sanaahan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sanaa	—
accusative	nom.	Sanaa	—
	gen.	Sanaan
genitive		Sanaan	—
partitive		Sanaata	—
inessive		Sanaassa	—
elative		Sanaasta	—
illative		Sanaahan	—
adessive		Sanaalla	—
ablative		Sanaalta	—
allative		Sanaalle	—
essive		Sanaana	—
translative		Sanaaksi	—
abessive		Sanaatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Sanaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sanaani — accusative nom. Sanaani — gen. Sanaani genitive Sanaani — partitive Sanaatani — inessive Sanaassani — elative Sanaastani — illative Sanaahani — adessive Sanaallani — ablative Sanaaltani — allative Sanaalleni — essive Sanaanani — translative Sanaakseni — abessive Sanaattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sanaasi — accusative nom. Sanaasi — gen. Sanaasi genitive Sanaasi — partitive Sanaatasi — inessive Sanaassasi — elative Sanaastasi — illative Sanaahasi — adessive Sanaallasi — ablative Sanaaltasi — allative Sanaallesi — essive Sanaanasi — translative Sanaaksesi — abessive Sanaattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sanaamme — accusative nom. Sanaamme — gen. Sanaamme genitive Sanaamme — partitive Sanaatamme — inessive Sanaassamme — elative Sanaastamme — illative Sanaahamme — adessive Sanaallamme — ablative Sanaaltamme — allative Sanaallemme — essive Sanaanamme — translative Sanaaksemme — abessive Sanaattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sanaanne — accusative nom. Sanaanne — gen. Sanaanne genitive Sanaanne — partitive Sanaatanne — inessive Sanaassanne — elative Sanaastanne — illative Sanaahanne — adessive Sanaallanne — ablative Sanaaltanne — allative Sanaallenne — essive Sanaananne — translative Sanaaksenne — abessive Sanaattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Sanaansa — accusative nom. Sanaansa — gen. Sanaansa genitive Sanaansa — partitive Sanaataan Sanaatansa — inessive Sanaassaan Sanaassansa — elative Sanaastaan Sanaastansa — illative Sanaahansa — adessive Sanaallaan Sanaallansa — ablative Sanaaltaan Sanaaltansa — allative Sanaalleen Sanaallensa — essive Sanaanaan Sanaanansa — translative Sanaakseen Sanaaksensa — abessive Sanaattaan Sanaattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sanaa f

1. alternative form of Saná