Dana meaning

dānə
A masculine and feminine name.
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1819-97; U.S. newspaper editor.
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1813-95; U.S. geologist & mineralogist.
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1815-82; U.S. writer & lawyer.
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An American surname​ of uncertain origin.
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(chiefly US) A male given name derived from the surname.
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A female given name usually interpreted as a form of Daniel, taken to use in the twentieth century; possibly borrowed from eastern Europe.
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A village in Illinois.
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A town in Indiana.
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A city/town in Iowa.
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Dana Sentence Examples

  • Dana, and now commonly used in scientific writings as a specific term for the real Prussian amber.

  • Dana introduced the term "as" for this rough kind of lava-stream, whilst he applied the term "pahoehoe" to those flows which have a smooth surface, or are simply wrinkled and ropy; these terms being used in this sense in Hawaii, in relation to the local lavas.

  • Dana, Manual of Geology (New York, 1862); W.

  • Dana, Characteristics of Volcanoes with Contribution of Facts and Principles from the Hawaiian Islands (New York, 1890); W.

  • Streeter, Precious Stones and Gems (6th ed., 1898); Dana, System of Mineralogy (1899); Kunz and others, The Production of Precious Stones (in annual, Mineral Resources of the United States); M.

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