Chana, chhana, or chaná may refer to :

Food

* Chickpea, known in South Asia as ''chana'' *

Chhana Chhena () or chhana () are a style of cheese, originating from the Indian subcontinent, made from water buffaloDalby, A 2009, ''Cheese: A Global History'', Reaktion Books, p. 73, Kapoor, S & Kapoor, A 2006, ''Sanjeev Kapoor's No-oil Vegetarian C ...

, a type of curds from South Asia

Places

* Chana, Illinois, 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), alternate transliteration of Hannah, a Biblical character; sometimes spelled "Chane" *

Woman with seven sons The woman with seven sons was a Jewish martyr described in 2 Maccabees 7 and other sources, who had seven sons that were arrested (along with her) by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who forced them to prove their respect to him by consuming pig meat. When ...

, a character in 2 Maccabees, sometimes called Chana * Rosanna Tavarez, an American singer who used Chana as a stage name

People with the name

Ameet Chana Ameet Chana (born 12 September 1975 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is a British-Indian actor. His most notable role is Adi Ferreira in '' EastEnders''. In May 2006 he took over presenting the Breakdown Show (Bhangra Music) on BBC Asian Network ( ...

(born 1975), British-Indian actor * Arjan Drayton Chana (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, s ...

(1940–2017), American poet, translator, and scholar *

Chana Eden Chana Eden ( he, חנה עדן; November 23, 1932 – March 30, 2019) was an Israeli-American actress and singer. After her debut in the 1958 film '' Wind Across the Everglades'', Eden appeared in guest roles in many American television serie ...

(1932–2019), Israeli-American actress and singer *

Chana Joffe-Walt Chana Joffe-Walt is a radio journalist and producer. She has worked for ''Planet Money'' and ''This American Life''. Early life Joffe-Walt's parents are South African. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2003. Career Joffe-Walt began her radi ...

, radio journalist and producer * Chana Katan (born 1958), American-born Israeli gynecologist, and public figure * Chana Kowalska (1907–1942), Polish painter and journalist *

Chana Masson Chana Franciela Masson de Souza (born 18 December 1978 in Capinzal) is a Brazilian handball goalkeeper, who plays for Handball Erice in Italy. She has represented the Brazilian national team in four Olympics. She participated at the 2000 Summe ...

(born 1978), Brazilian handball player * Chana Orloff (1888–1968), Ukraine-born sculptor * Chana Pilane-Majake,South African politician * Chana Porpaoin (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 Schn ...

(1880–1964), wife of a Chabad Hasidic rabbi in Ukraine * Chana Timoner (1951–1998), American rabbi *

Khuli Chana Khulane Morule (born August 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Khuli Chana, is a South African Motswako rapper. Early life and career Morule was born in the Mmabatho, North West Province and started rapping motswako at a young age. He w ...

(born 1982), South African Motswako rapper * Navjot Chana (born 1983), Indian martial artist * Pindi Chana (born 1974), Tanzanian politician * Tarlochan Singh Chana (born 1949), Kenyan field hockey player

Food

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People with the name

See also