Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A copper coin formerly used in India and Pakistan.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, the sixteenth part of a rupee, or about 3 cents.
- noun The Indian name of a South American skunk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2� cents.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12
pies or 1/16rupee .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We haven't seen the hybrids again, and now D'anna is shooting herself repeatedly to try and conjure her own Special Revelation between death and resurrection.
The Cylon God: How Special is your Revelation? Lou Anders 2006
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We haven't seen the hybrids again, and now D'anna is shooting herself repeatedly to try and conjure her own Special Revelation between death and resurrection.
Archive 2006-11-01 Lou Anders 2006
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The oldest inmate of the home is Tatha, a 101-year-old man, who is fondly called 'anna' - meaning elder brother in the Kannada language - by other inmates and staff.
India eNews 2009
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Videlicet, sir, this week a fellow captive is minus a finger and thumb -- and all for oversight of six annas {the anna is the 16th part of a rupee}.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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Suniel Shetty is not called anna for any reason: director Kabir Sadanand
WN.com - Articles related to Illegal transportation of cows from Tamil Nadu to Kerala 2010
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W. r.t Condoleeza Rice -- which "anna" has brought up a few times -- the Jake Tapper blog post over at ABC News indicates that unless Obama saw that a cabinet member would be well outside of the mainstream, he would approve of that cabinet member.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Attacks Hillary As Calculating And Divisive 2009
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W. r.t Condoleeza Rice -- which "anna" has brought up a few times -- the Jake Tapper blog post over at ABC News indicates that unless Obama saw that a cabinet member would be well outside of the mainstream, he would approve of that cabinet member.
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Throne, men will swear falsely for an "anna" or two.
The Jesus of History T. R. Glover
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We filled and frosted like the Hostess cupcakes, and piped on the birthday girl’s name anna with the marshmallow icing to look like the signature 7 loop swirl!
homemade devil dog, ding dong or hostess cake | smitten kitchen 2008
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'Of food' comprises the senses of smell and taste together: it denotes the sense of smell on the ground that that sense is connected with earth, which may be 'food,' and the sense of taste in so far as 'anna' may be also explained as that by means of which eating goes on (adyate).
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
skipvia commented on the word anna
Anna by Arthur Alexander
February 8, 2008
bilby commented on the word anna
I'm pretty impressed that the examples actually pull up some genuine meanings for anna.
March 1, 2013