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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yana

/ˈjɑː.nə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
yana
IPA
/ˈjɑː.nə/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from the Slavic languages. A romanization of the Bulgarian or Russian or Ukrainian name Я́на (Jána).

name

A river in Sakha (Yakutia), Russia that rises near Verkhoyansk and flows into the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea.

noun

A member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.

name

The now extinct language of the Yana people, best known for a systematic differentiation between men's and women's speech.

noun

Any of the vehicles of Buddhist or Tantric practice.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Cognate to English Jane, ultimately from Hebrew, feminine form of Ioannes ( =John).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈjɑː.nə/
  • British English: /ˈjɑː.nə/

Inflected Forms

Yanas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Hinayana Mahayana Vajrayana

Synonyms

Yanan yana language

Rhymes With

montana banana ghana ana dana nana nirvana mana guyana botswana americana tijuana

Questions

How do you pronounce yana?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɑː.nə/.
What does yana mean?
A female given name from the Slavic languages. A romanization of the Bulgarian or Russian or Ukrainian name Я́на (Jána).
Where does yana come from?
Cognate to English Jane, ultimately from Hebrew, feminine form of Ioannes ( =John).

How to pronounce yana

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