Cana (disambiguation) explained

CANA or Cana, also spelled Kana and Qana, may refer to:

Cana

Places

Europe

• Čaňa, municipality in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia
• Cana, Tuscany, a village in Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy

Middle East, biblical

• Kanah, a town and (separately) a brook mentioned in the Book of Joshua of the Hebrew Bible
• Wadi Qana, Arabic name of stream and its valley in West Bank and Israeli Coastal Plain, commonly identified with biblical Brook Kanah
• Cana of Galilee, village mentioned in the Gospel of John, site of the Wedding at Cana; variously identified with:
  • 'Ain Kanah, spring at Reineh, Israel
  • Kafr Kanna, village in Israel
  • Khirbet Qana, archaeological site in Israel
  • Qana, village in Lebanon

Middle East, non-biblical

• Cana, Yemen, ancient port city in Yemen, mainly a trading port of spices from India and Eastern coast of Africa
• Tel Qana/Tell el-Mukhmar, archaeological site near the confluence of Wadi Qana and the Yarkon River

North America

• Rural Municipality of Cana No. 214, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Cana, California, US; unincorporated community
• Cana, Virginia, US; unincorporated community
• Cana Island, in Lake Michigan located near Baileys Harbor, WI
• Cana, Texas, US: ghost town
• Punta Cana, a town in the Dominican Republic

Biology

• Cana (radiolarian), a genus
• cana, a species name
• Vulpes cana is the binomial name of Blanford's fox

Other uses

• Cana, a Coahuiltecan tribe
• Cana (length), unit of measurement
• Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer
• Wedding at Cana, biblical event
  • The Wedding at Cana (Veronese), painting by Italian artist Paolo Veronese

CANA

CANA may refer to:

• African Swimming Confederation (abbreviated: CANA; fr|Confédération Africaine de Natation|link=no)
• Caribbean News Agency
• Convulsive Antidote, Nerve Agent, United States military acronym for "Convulsive Antidote, Nerve Agent", the drug diazepam in injectable form
• Convocation of Anglicans in North America
• Argentine Naval Aviation (CANA; es|Comando de la Aviación Naval Argentina|link=no)

See also

• Including use as a species name
  • Caña (disambiguation)
• Canae, ancient city on the Island of Argennusa
• Canas (disambiguation)
• Canna (disambiguation)
• Cannae, ancient village in Italy's Apulia region
• Kana (disambiguation)
• Qana (Cana, Canna, Kana), municipality in southern Lebanon
• Wadi Qana, West Bank and Israel