Chana, chhana, or chaná may refer to :

Food

Chickpea The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram" or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are high ...

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

Places

Chana, Illinois Chana is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, and is located southeast of Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates m ...

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

Other uses

Chang'an Motors Chang'an Automobile Co., Ltd. is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Jiangbei, Chongqing.Chaná people Chaná (endonym: ''Chañá'' or ''Yañá'') were one of the native nations of Argentina and Uruguay. Their native language is Chaná language (''lantek yañá''). Their culture was semi-nomadic. After the arrival of Europeans and the introduction ...

, an ethnic group of Uruguay *

Chaná language The Chaná language (autoglossonym: ''Lanték'', that means "''speak"'' or "''language"; and this, from'' ''lan'', "tongue" and ''tek'', a communicative suffix) is one of the Charruan languages spoken by the Chaná people in what is now Argentin ...

, an extinct language of Uruguay and Argentina *

Chana (Bible) 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, s ...

, alternate transliteration of Hannah, a Biblical character; sometimes spelled "Chane" * Woman with seven sons, a character in 2 Maccabees, sometimes called Chana *

Rosanna Tavarez Rosanna Tavarez (born February 10, 1977) is an American singer, television host, dancer, and teacher. She rose to prominence in 2001 as a contestant on the American version of the reality television franchise ''Popstars''. As one of the show's fiv ...

, an American singer who used Chana as a stage name

People with the name

* Ameet Chana (born 1975), British-Indian actor *

Arjan Drayton Chana Arjan Drayton Chana (born 2 March 1994) is an English U-21 international field hockey player, who plays as a forward for England and Great Britain U-21's. He plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. ...

(born 1994), English field hockey player * Chana Blaksztejn, a Polish-Jewish writer and journalist *

Chana Bloch Chana Bloch (March 15, 1940 – May 19, 2017) was an American poet, translator, and scholar. She was a professor emerita of English at Mills College in Oakland, California. Life and work Born as Florence Ina Faerstein in the Bronx, New York, sh ...

(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 Chana Katan ( he, חנה קטן; born 9 September 1958) is an American-born Israeli gynecologist, teacher, author, and public figure. Biography Katan established and directed the IVF unit at Laniado Hospital ( Netanya, Israel). She founded the ...

(born 1958), American-born Israeli gynecologist, and public figure *

Chana Kowalska Chana (Anna) Kowalska Winogora (1899–c.1942) was a Polish Jewish painter and journalist whose artworks reflect her rural origins. While in Paris during the German occupation, she was active in Jewish Communist organizations and wrote about art i ...

(1907–1942), Polish painter and journalist * Chana Masson (born 1978), Brazilian handball player *

Chana Orloff Chana Orloff ( he, חנה אורלוף; 12 July 1888 – 16 December 1968) was Ukrainian-born Israeli Art deco and figurative art sculptor. Biography Chana Orloff was born in Starokonstantinov Russian Empire (now Ukraine). She immigrated to ...

(1888–1968), Ukraine-born sculptor *

Chana Pilane-Majake Makgathatso Charlotte Chana Pilane-Majake (born 13 February 1957) is a politician and the former Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration in South Africa. See also *African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights *Constitution of So ...

,South African politician *

Chana Porpaoin Chana Porpaoin ( th, ชนะ ป.เปาอินทร์; born 1966-03-25 in Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province, Thailand) is a Thai boxer. Chana and his younger brother, Songkram Porpaoin, became only the second set of twins to both ca ...

(born 1966), Thai boxer *

Chana Schneerson Chana Schneerson (née Yanovsky; 1880–1964) was the wife of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, a Chabad Hasidic rabbi in Yekatrinoslav, Ukraine and the mother of the seventh Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Chana Schnee ...

(1880–1964), wife of a Chabad Hasidic rabbi in Ukraine *

Chana Timoner Chana Timoner (''née'' Carol Ann Surasky; August 24, 1951 – July 13, 1998) was the first female rabbi to hold an active duty assignment as a chaplain in the U.S. Army, which she began in 1993. Early life and education She was born in New Hav ...

(1951–1998), American rabbi * Khuli Chana (born 1982), South African Motswako rapper *

Navjot Chana Navjot Chana (born 24 November 1983) is an Indian Judo Player who won silver medal in the men's 60 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. He hails from Hoshiarpur district of Punjab state of India. Chana is employed with ...

(born 1983), Indian martial artist *

Pindi Chana Pindi Hazara Chana (born 24 January 1974) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a special seat Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many coun ...

(born 1974), Tanzanian politician *

Tarlochan Singh Chana Tarlochan Singh Chana (born 10 July 1949) is a Kenyan field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known a ...

(born 1949), Kenyan field hockey player