Chana Explained

Chana, chhana, or chaná may refer to :

Food

Chickpea, known in South Asia as chana
Chhana, a type of curds from South Asia

Places

Chana, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community
Chana District, Songkhla Province, southern Thailand

Other uses

Chang'an Motors commercial vehicles sub-brand known as Chana, a Chinese automaker
Chaná people, an ethnic group of Uruguay
Chaná language, an extinct language of Uruguay and Argentina
Chana (Bible), alternate transliteration of Hannah, a Biblical character; sometimes spelled "Chane"
Woman with seven sons, a character in 2 Maccabees, sometimes called Chana
Rosanna Tavarez, an American singer who used Chana as a stage name

People with the name

Ameet Chana (born 1975), British-Indian actor
Arjan Drayton Chana (born 1994), English field hockey player
Chana Blaksztejn, a Polish-Jewish writer and journalist
Chana Bloch (1940–2017), American poet, translator, and scholar
Chana Eden (1932–2019), Israeli-American actress and singer
Chana Joffe-Walt, radio journalist and producer
Chana Katan (born 1958), American-born Israeli gynecologist, and public figure
Chana Kowalska (1907–1942), Polish painter and journalist
Chana Masson (born 1978), Brazilian handball player
Chana Orloff (1888–1968), Ukraine-born sculptor
Chana Pilane-Majake, South African politician
Chana Porpaoin (born 1966), Thai boxer
Chana Schneerson (1880–1964), wife of a Chabad Hasidic rabbi in Ukraine
Chana Timoner (1951–1998), American rabbi
Khuli Chana (born 1982), South African Motswako rapper
Navjot Chana (born 1983), Indian martial artist
Pindi Chana (born 1974), Tanzanian politician
Tarlochan Singh Chana (born 1949), Kenyan field hockey player

See also