lana

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/ˈlɑːnə/

noun

The tree Genipa americana.

OriginRussian Ла́на →
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Meanings

lana1

noun
  1. The tree Genipa americana.

Lana2

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Russian.

    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.

    1942 September 5, Irving Wallace, “The Loves of Lana Turner”, in Liberty magazine
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    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.

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

Origin

  1. RussianЛа́на
  2. EnglishLana

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

lana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lana

MLA

“lana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lana. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lana,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lana.

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