Lana

Short form of Alana, or from Russian Ла́на (Lána), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːnə/

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Lana

1. A female given name from Russian.
   • 1942 September 5, Irving Wallace, “The Loves of Lana Turner”, in Liberty magazine:

     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.

   • 2013, Matt Haig, The Humans, Canongate, →ISBN, page 832:

     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.

• Alan, Anal, Nala, alan, anal, anal., nala

Lana n (proper noun, genitive Lanas or (optionally with an article) Lana)

1. a municipality of South Tyrol

Lana f (proper noun, genitive singular Lönu)

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /láːna/

Lȃna f

1. a female given name

• “Lana”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025