Ana

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Ana

a collection of the sayings of a person, 1727; literary gossip.

Examples: ana —an assembly brew’d of clerks and elders, 1651; of loose thoughts dropped by eminent men collected by their friends—Johnson, 1755.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms

ANA

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ANA All Nippon Airways
• American Nature Association
• American Neurological Association
• American Newspaper Association
• American Numismatic Association
• American Nurses' Association
• Commerce Article Number Association
• (USA) Associate National Academician
• Association of Nurse Administrators
• Australian Natives' Association

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH