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Rana.

A surname.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A surname.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A large municipality in Nordland county, Norway. See Rana, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Various origins of surname: * Borrowed from Hindi राना (rānā)/राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”). * Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Rana, a nickname for someone with bulging eyes or a croaky voice, from rana (“frog”). * Borrowed from Galician Raña, a habitational surname from a village in the province of A Coruña.

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