Anna

Meaning

1. A female given name from Latin.
2. A prophetess in the New Testament.
3. A city in Illinois.
4. A city in Texas.
5. A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
6. A village in Järva, Estonia.
7. A village in Fars, Iran.
8. A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran.
9. A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler.
10. A municipality of Valencia, Spain.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈænə/

Etymology

From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.

Sentences

Anna threatens to file for divorce if Roberto does not capitulate .