Dana may refer to:

People

Given name

Surname

Dana (surname) Dana ( or ) as a surname may have several origins. In England, it came from ''dann'', the valley of a meadow, and it may mean the dweller of that valley. In Continental Europe, it probably came from ''Dane (disambiguation), Dane'' (or Danish, from D ...

Dana family The Dana family is a Boston Brahmin family that arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts from England during the later end of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640). Richard Dana, immigrant The patriarch, Richard Dana (16201690) was said t ...

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 Shum, the Shaw Brothers Hong Kong actress from 1973 to 1979 * 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 Tynna ( grc, Τύννα), possibly also known as Dana, was a town of ancient Cataonia or of southern ancient Cappadocia, Cappadocia mentioned by Ptolemy. It was located in the neighbourhood of Faustinopolis, and inhabited through Roman Empire, Roma ...

in Cappadocia

Canada

CFS Dana Canadian Forces Station Dana (CFS Dana) was a military radar station 35 miles east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in the Rural Municipality of Bayne, Saskatchewan. RCAF Station Dana (also known as Sage Hill) was opened in 1962 as part of the Pinetree ...

, a former military radar installation in Saskatchewan, Canada *

Dana Lake The Lake Dana is a freshwater body of the territory of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the province of Quebec, at Canada. The Dana Lake Hydrographic watershed is accessible via the fores ...

, a lake in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Quebec, Canada

Ethiopia

Dana, Ethiopia Dana (in Amharic: ዳና) is a village located 38 km away from Weldiya town in the district of Habru, North Wollo Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, I ...

, a village

Iran

Dana County Dana County ( fa, شهرستان دنا; Lurish: شݴرستانی دنا ) is located in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran. The capital of the county is Sisakht. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of ...

, an administrative subdivision of Iran *

Dana Rural District Dana Rural District ( fa, دهستان دنا) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Dana County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called ...

, 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 Danna or Dana is a small village on a hilltop in Oghi Tehsil, in Mansehra District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KP ...

Poland

Dana, Pomeranian Voivodeship Dana ( csb, Danóf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, within Puck County __NOTOC__ Puck County ( pl, powiat pucki, csb, pùcczi pòwiat) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomerani ...

, 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

in Cappadocia

United States

* Dana, California, an uninsorporated communití in Shasta County * Dana, Illinois, a town in Illinois * Dana, Indiana, a town in Indiana * Dana, Iowa, a town in Iowa *

Dana, Kentucky Dana is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illi ...

, 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 Dana Point () is a city located in southern Orange County, California, United States. The population was 33,107 at the 2020 census. It has one of the few harbors along the Orange County coast, and with ready access via State Route 1, it is a po ...

, a city in Southern California *

Dana Butte Dana Butte is a prominence, (named for geologist and volcanologist James Dwight Dana), adjacent the course of the Colorado River, in the Grand Canyon and sits on the south side of Granite Gorge. The butte is roughly north-northwest of Gran ...

, in the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Enterprises

* ''

Dàna Dàna, which means "bold" or "imprudent" in Scottish Gaelic, is an independent online magazine written entirely in Scottish Gaelic, founded in 2014. It is run by a team of volunteers, accepts article submissions via e-mail, and publishes articles ...

'', an independent online Scottish Gaelic periodical *

Dana (company) Dana, proizvodnja in prodaja pijač (English: ''Dana, the manufacture and sale of drinks'') is a major Slovenian manufacturer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. It is located in the village of Mirna in southeastern Slovenia. The company was ...

, a beverage company from Mirna, Slovenia *

Dana Air Dana Air is a Nigerian airline headquartered in Ikeja and based out of Lagos's Murtala Muhammed International Airport. History Due to technical deficiencies in the aircraft used, the Nigerian Aviation Safety Authority (NCAA) again grounded Dana ...

, a Nigerian airline *

Dana Centre The Dana Library and Research Centre (formerly the Dana Centre) on Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London is part of the Science Museum Group. Designed by Richard MacCormac, Sir Richard MacCormac of MJP Architects, the building opened in 2003 a ...

, opened in 2003, an event venue in London, England * Dana College, a former accredited college in Blair, Nebraska *

Dana Incorporated Dana Incorporated is an American supplier of axles, driveshafts, transmissions, and electrodynamic, thermal, sealing, and digital equipment for conventional, hybrid, and electric-powered vehicles. The company's products and services are aimed a ...

, a US-based auto parts firm * Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation founded by Charles A. Dana *

Dana Mall Dana Mall is an early shopping mall in the Seef District of Manama, the capital city of Bahrain. The exterior of the mall is in Jordanian stone and the interior includes domes and stained glass ceilings. Dana Mall is one of the first established ...

, a shopping mall in Manama, Bahrain *

House of Dana Tabu by Dana is a women's fragrance created by French perfumer Jean Carles in 1931. Origins The House of Dana was a perfumery established in 1932 in Barcelona, Spain by lawyer Javier Serra. It was later headquartered in Paris. In 1940, it re ...

, a perfumery founded in Barcelona, Spain, by Javier Serra in 1932

Religion

Dāna Dāna (Devanagari: दान, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Dānam) is a Sanskrit and Pali word that connotes the virtue of generosity, charity (practice), charity or giving of alms in Indian philosophies. In Hindui ...

, the practice of generosity or giving in Dharmic religions *

Danu (Irish goddess) In Irish mythology, ''*Danu'' () is the reconstructed mother goddess of the Tuatha dé Danann (Old Irish: "The peoples of the goddess Danu"). Though primarily seen as an ancestral figure, some Victorian sources also associate her with the land. ...

(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 The DANA (Dělo automobilní nabíjené automaticky (gun on truck loaded automatically) is a wheeled self-propelled artillery piece. It is also known as the Samohybná Kanónová Húfnica vzor 77 (ShKH vz. 77; self-propelled gun howitzer model ...

, a Czech artillery gun * Dana octopus squid, a deep sea dwelling squid *

HM Prison Shrewsbury HM Prison Shrewsbury was a Category B/C men's prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It was decommissioned in March 2013, and is now open to the public. The Victorian prison as seen today sits on top of the original Georgian prison, the ...

, a former UK prison referred to locally as "The Dana" *

ZAZ Dana 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 ...

, a model of ZAZ automobile * Dana Freeling, a character in the film ''Poltergeist'' (1982)