Nana
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Nana may refer to:
People
- Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name
- Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname
- Nana, an indigenous Australian group
Arts and entertainment
In print
- Nana (novel), by Émile Zola
- Nana (manga), by Ai Yazawa
- Nana, a dog in Peter Pan
Films
- Nana (1926 film), a French film by Jean Renoir
- Nana (1934 film), an American film by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice
- Nana (1944 film), a Mexican film by Celestino Gorostiza and Roberto Gavaldón starring Lupe Velez
- Nana (1955 film), a French-Italian film by Christian-Jaque
- Nana (1970 film), a film starring Gillian Hills
- Nana (1981 miniseries), a French television miniseries with Véronique Genest
- Nana (1982 film), an Italian film by Dan Wolman
- Nana (1985 film), a Mexican film by Rafael Baledón starring Irma Serrano and Verónica Castro
- Nana (1987 television series), a Danish television series for children
- Nana (1995 TV film), a film starring Bernadette Heerwagen
- Nana (1997 film), a Palestinian documentary film directed by Fabianne Bobil, Fabienne Bouville, Ruth Gadish, Suheir Ismail and Alison King
- Nana (2001 TV film), a film with a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone
- Nana (2005 film), a film based on the manga by Ai Yazawa
- Nana (2007 short film), a film by Warwick Thornton
- La Nana (The Maid), a 2009 Chilean film by Sebastián Silva
Music
- Nana (deejay) (born 1983), a Malaysian Akademi Fantasia contestant
- Nana (rapper) (born 1968), a German rapper and DJ
- NaNa (band) (formed 1996), a Japanese duo
- Nana (singer) (born 1991), a member of popular South Korean girl group After School
- Nana (echos), a concept in Byzantine music
- Nana (music), a composition by Manuel de Falla
- Nana, female UK garage singer, most notably on the song "Body Groove" by Architechs
- Nana (song), a theme song by Sebastian (Danish musician) to the series from 1987
- "NaNa", a song by Blaaze
Other
- Nana (painting), by Édouard Manet
- "The Nana", an episode of the television show The O.C. (season 1)
Places
- Nana, Rajasthan, India
- Nana, Călărași, Romania
- Nána, Slovakia
- Nana Plaza, a prostitution center in Bangkok, Thailand
- Nana Station, a train station in Bangkok
- Nana, Kenya, a ward in Moyale Constituency
Religion and mythology
- Nana (Kushan goddess), a Kushan war goddess
- Nana (Greek mythology), a Phrygian demigoddess and the mother of Attis
- Nana Buluku, the supreme goddess of the Fon people of Benin
- Nanna (Norse deity), the wife of the god Baldre (Balder) in Norse mythology
- Nane (goddess), also found as Nana, the Armenian goddess of war, wisdom, and motherhood
- Sin (mythology), also found as Suen or called "Nanna, a Mesopotamian moon god
- Nanaya, a goddess worshipped by the Sumerians and Akkadians, associated with the sky and earth
- Jnana, also spelled ñana, the concept of knowledge in Hinduism and Buddhism
Species
- Nana berry or Rhus dentata, a deciduous tree species
Nana is a Latin adjective meaning dwarf and is found in species name like:
Cultivars
- Mentha spicata 'Nana', the nana mint, a mint cultivar grown in Morocco
- Ulmus glabra 'Nana', the dwarf Wych elm, a very slow growing shrub
Businesses
- North American Newspaper Alliance, a large newspaper syndicate from 1922 to 1980
- Nana (magazine), a Malayalam periodical
- Nana 10, an Israeli Web portal
- NANA Regional Corporation, a for-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporation
Other uses
- Hurricane Nana (disambiguation)
- another name for grandmother
- Nana (title), a Ghanaian title
- Nana technology, microchip-based technology designed to benefit older adults
- N-Acetylneuraminic acid
See also
- Nan (disambiguation)
- Na Na (disambiguation)
- Nanas (disambiguation)
- Nanna (disambiguation)
- Nanny (disambiguation)
- Nanus (disambiguation)
- Nanum (disambiguation)
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