Dana
Appearance
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Dana may refer to:
People
[edit]Given name
[edit]Surname
[edit]- Dana (surname)
- Dana family of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), scientist, zoological author abbreviation Dana
Nickname or stage name
[edit]- Dana International, stage name of singer Sharon Cohen
- Dana, stage name of Dana Rosemary Scallon (born 1951), Irish singer and former politician
- Dana (South Korean singer) (born 1986), South Korean pop singer
Places
[edit]Ancient world
[edit]- Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia, capital of a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC
- Ancient Dana possibly associated with Tynna in Cappadocia
Canada
[edit]- CFS Dana, a former military radar installation in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Dana Lake, a lake in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Quebec, Canada
Ethiopia
[edit]- Dana, Ethiopia, a village
Iran
[edit]- Dana County, an administrative subdivision of Iran
- Dana Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Iran
Jordan
[edit]- Dana, Jordan, a town
- Dana Biosphere Reserve, the largest nature reserve in Jordan
Nepal
[edit]- Dana, Nepal, a village development committee
Pakistan
[edit]Poland
[edit]- Dana, Pomeranian Voivodeship, a village
Syria
[edit]- Al-Dana, Syria, a town in northern Syria
- Al-Dana, Maarrat al-Nu'man, a town in northwestern Syria
Turkey
[edit]- Dana Island
- Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia, capital of a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC
- Ancient Dana possibly associated with Tynna in Cappadocia
United States
[edit]- Dana, California, an unincorporated community in Shasta County
- Dana, Illinois, a town in Illinois
- Dana, Indiana, a town in Indiana
- Dana, Iowa, a town in Iowa
- Dana, Kentucky, a town in Kentucky
- Dana, Massachusetts, a former town that was disincorporated as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir
- Mount Dana, a mountain peak in Yosemite National Park, California
- Dana Meadows (California), meadows at the foot of Mount Dana
- Dana Point, California, a city in Southern California
- Dana Butte, in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
Enterprises
[edit]- Dàna, an independent online Scottish Gaelic periodical
- Dana (company), a beverage company from Mirna, Slovenia
- Dana Air, a Nigerian airline
- Dana Centre, opened in 2003, an event venue in London, England
- Dana College, a former accredited college in Blair, Nebraska
- Dana Incorporated, a US-based auto parts firm
- Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation founded by Charles A. Dana
- Dana Mall, a shopping mall in Manama, Bahrain
- House of Dana, a perfumery founded in Barcelona, Spain, by Javier Serra in 1932
- Dana (payment service), digital financial service from Indonesia
Religion
[edit]- Dāna, the practice of generosity or giving in Dharmic religions
- Danu (Irish goddess) (Dana in modern Irish), the Celtic mother goddess
Ships
[edit]- Dana (1919), Danish research vessel 1920–1921
- Dana (1921), Danish research vessel 1921–1935
- Dana (1937), Danish research vessel 1937–1980
- Dana (1980), Danish research vessel 1981-present
Other uses
[edit]- 152mm SpGH DANA, a Czech artillery gun
- Dana octopus squid, a deep sea dwelling squid
- HM Prison Shrewsbury, a former UK prison referred to locally as "The Dana"
- ZAZ Dana, a model of ZAZ automobile
- Dana Freeling, a character in the film Poltergeist (1982)
- Cyclone Dana, a 2024 tropical cyclone that affected the states of West Bengal and Odisha in India
- Cold drop (Spanish: depresión aislada en niveles altos), a weather pattern
See also
[edit]- Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, a Boston, Massachusetts-based cancer treatment and research center
- D'Anna (disambiguation)
- Danna (disambiguation)
- Daan (disambiguation)
- Dannah, name