Dana Explained

Dana may refer to:

People

Given name

• Dana (given name)

Surname

• Dana (surname)
• Dana family of Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), scientist, zoological author abbreviation Dana

Nickname or stage name

• Dana International, stage name of singer Sharon Cohen
• Dana, stage name of Dana Rosemary Scallon (born 1951), Irish singer and former politician
• Dana (South Korean singer) (born 1986), South Korean pop singer

Places

Ancient world

• Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia, capital of a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC
• Ancient Dana possibly associated with Tynna in Cappadocia

Canada

• CFS Dana, a former military radar installation in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Dana Lake, a lake in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Quebec, Canada

Ethiopia

• Dana, Ethiopia, a village

Iran

• Dana County, an administrative subdivision of Iran
• Dana Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Iran

Jordan

• Dana, Jordan, a town
• Dana Biosphere Reserve, the largest nature reserve in Jordan

Nepal

• Dana, Nepal, a village development committee

Pakistan

• Dana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Poland

• Dana, Pomeranian Voivodeship, a village

Syria

• Al-Dana, Syria, a town in northern Syria
• Al-Dana, Maarrat al-Nu'man, a town in northwestern Syria

Turkey

• Dana Island
• Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia, capital of a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC
• Ancient Dana possibly associated with Tynna in Cappadocia

United States

• Dana, California, an unincorporated community in Shasta County
• Dana, Illinois, a town in Illinois
• Dana, Indiana, a town in Indiana
• Dana, Iowa, a town in Iowa
• Dana, Kentucky, a town in Kentucky
• Dana, Massachusetts, a former town that was disincorporated as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir
• Mount Dana, a mountain peak in Yosemite National Park, California
  • Dana Meadows (California), meadows at the foot of Mount Dana
• Dana Point, California, a city in Southern California
• Dana Butte, in the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Enterprises

• Dàna, an independent online Scottish Gaelic periodical
• Dana (company), a beverage company from Mirna, Slovenia
• Dana Air, a Nigerian airline
• Dana Centre, opened in 2003, an event venue in London, England
• Dana College, a former accredited college in Blair, Nebraska
• Dana Incorporated, a US-based auto parts firm
• Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation founded by Charles A. Dana
• Dana Mall, a shopping mall in Manama, Bahrain
• House of Dana, a perfumery founded in Barcelona, Spain, by Javier Serra in 1932
• Dana (payment service), digital financial service from Indonesia

Religion

• Dāna, the practice of generosity or giving in Dharmic religions
• Danu (Irish goddess) (Dana in modern Irish), the Celtic mother goddess

Ships

• Dana (1919), Danish research vessel 1920–1921
• Dana (1921), Danish research vessel 1921–1935
• Dana (1937), Danish research vessel 1937–1980
• Dana (1980), Danish research vessel 1981-present

Other uses

• 152mm SpGH DANA, a Czech artillery gun
• Dana octopus squid, a deep sea dwelling squid
• HM Prison Shrewsbury, a former UK prison referred to locally as "The Dana"
• ZAZ Dana, a model of ZAZ automobile
• Dana Freeling, a character in the film Poltergeist (1982)

See also

• Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, a Boston, Massachusetts-based cancer treatment and research center
• D'Anna (disambiguation)
• Danna (disambiguation)
• Daan (disambiguation)
• Dannah, name