Dana may refer to:

People

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 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 in Cappadocia

Canada

* CFS Dana, a former military radar installation in Saskatchewan, Canada * Dana Lake, a lake in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Quebec, Canada

Ethiopia

* Dana, Ethiopia, 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 o ...

, an administrative subdivision of Iran * Dana Rural District, 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

Poland

* Dana, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 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 Tynna 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, in the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Enterprises

* '' Dàna'', an independent online Scottish Gaelic periodical * Dana (company), a beverage company from Mirna, Slovenia * Dana Air, a Nigerian airline * Dana Centre, opened in 2003, an event venue in London, England * Dana College, a former accredited college in Blair, Nebraska * Dana Incorporated, a US-based auto parts firm * Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation founded by Charles A. Dana * Dana Mall, 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, the practice of generosity or giving in Dharmic religions * Danu (Irish goddess) (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, a former UK prison referred to locally as "The Dana" * ZAZ Dana, a model of ZAZ automobile * Dana Freeling, a character in the film ''Poltergeist'' (1982)