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Tana.

Nickname for Antananarivo: the capital and largest city of Madagascar.

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Meaning & usage

name

  1. Nickname for Antananarivo: the capital and largest city of Madagascar.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Malagasy Antananarivobor. French Tananariveclip. French Tanabor. English Tana Borrowed from French Tana.

name

  1. A lake in Ethiopia.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Amharic ጣና (ṭana).

name

  1. A female given name, Alternative form of Tanya.

name

  1. A river in Kenya.

noun

  1. Alternative form of Tanna (“a rabbinic sage”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.