name A female given name, a Latinate form related to Ann and Hannah.
- M for Madeleine, M for Marguerite, M for Melanie and the rest, she thought, smiling as she remembered the long string of glamorous names they had invented for her. No wonder plain "Anna" had seemed a little disappointing!
— Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There (1967)
- Anna Twiggs bailed her sister out of jail Monday evening. She said she found her sister dead in her bed Wednesday morning.
— Chuck Johnston, Judge not allowed back to court after berating woman who died (2018)
- Anna studied violin from the age of six.
noun A small historical coin once used in British India, worth one-sixteenth of a rupee.
- The old ledger recorded prices in rupees and annas.
- The museum displays an anna from the days of British India.
- In the old story, the merchant paid just one anna for a sweet.
