Etymology

yana

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Today it means: A member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California. Full definition →

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yana · noun1

Transliteration of Sanskrit यान (yāna, “vehicle”).

Yana · proper noun2

Cognate to English Jane, ultimately from Hebrew, feminine form of Ioannes ( =John).

Yana · noun, proper noun3

  1. ynn · borrowed fromyana“person, people”
  2. English todayYana

From Yana yana (“person, people”).

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