Anna

Anna

Anna ♀ Latinate variant of Anne, in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido, Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.

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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Anna." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Anna

Anna An elderly and devout prophetess who greeted the infant Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2: 36–8); a widow with whom many in Luke's own Church would identify (cf. 1 Tim. 5: 5).

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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Anna." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Anna

Anna , [Gr.,=Heb. Hannah ], in the Bible. 1 Aged prophetess who hailed Jesus' presentation at the Temple. 2 In the Book of Tobit, the mother of young Tobias.

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Anna

Anna ♀ (Italian) From Hebrew: ‘God has favoured me’. See Anne.

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Anna

Anna ♀ (Italian) Biblical. See Anne.

Also: Anne.

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Anna

Anna ♀ (Italian) New Testament. See Anne.

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Anna

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ANNA

ANNA (USA) Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force satellite

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ANNA." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ANNA." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-ANNA.html

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ANNA." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-ANNA.html

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