lana
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 4
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 4
Definition of lana
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- The tree Genipa americana.
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noun
- The tree Genipa americana.
name
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A female given name from Russian.
“Mervyn LeRoy, the boyish cigar-smoking director who signed her, didn't like her name Julia. So she thought awhile and said, "What about Lana?" For no reason at all it became Lana - pronounced Lah-nah.”
“I discovered that her full name was Margaret Lowell. I wasn't an expert on Earth names, but I still knew this was wildly inappropriate. She should have been called Lana Bellcurve or Ashley Brainsex or something.”
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Etymology
Short form of Alana, or from Russian Ла́на (Lána), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).
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