Dana may refer to:

People

Given name

Dana (given name) Dana is a unisex given name. It was among the 100 most popular names given to girls born in the United States between 1960 and 1990. It has since fallen in popularity and was ranked the 446th most popular name given to girls born in the United Stat ...

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 James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continent ...

(1813–1895), scientist, zoological author abbreviation Dana

Nickname or stage name

Dana International Sharon Cohen ( he, שרון כהן; born 2 February 1969), professionally known as Dana International ( he, דנה אינטרנשיונל), is an Israeli pop singer. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums. She wa ...

, stage name of singer Sharon Cohen *

Dana Shum Shum Shuk-yee, better known by her stage name Dana, was a Hong Kong former actress who was active in the 1970s. She was best known for her erotic roles in the Category III films and also for her roles in the Shaw Brothers Studio's films '' The Supe ...

, the Shaw Brothers Hong Kong actress from 1973 to 1979 * Dana, stage name of

Dana Rosemary Scallon Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown; 30 August 1951), known professionally as Dana, is an Irish singer and former politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004. While still a schoolgirl she won the 1970 ...

(born 1951), Irish singer and former politician *

Dana (South Korean singer) Hong Sung-mi (born 17 July 1986), known professionally as Dana, is a South Korean singer, musical actress and vocal coach. Dana first made her public appearance with acts on the boy group H.O.T's sci-fi movie ''Age of Peace'' in 2000. Dana ...

(born 1986), South Korean pop singer

Places

Ancient world

* Ancient Dana or

Tyana Tyana ( grc, Τύανα), earlier known as Tuwana ( Hieroglyphic Luwian: ; Akkadian: ) and Tuwanuwa ( Hittite: ) was an ancient city in the Anatolian region of Cappadocia, in modern Kemerhisar, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia, Turkey. It w ...

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 for ...

, 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 ''For the nature reserve, click here.'' Dana ( ar, ضانا) is a village near the city of Tafilah, in the Feynan area in central-western Jordan (Tafilah Governorate). It is situated on the edge of Wadi Dana, a large natural canyon, and has views ...

, a town *

Dana Biosphere Reserve Dana Biosphere Reserve is Jordan's largest nature reserve, located in south-central Jordan. Dana Biosphere Reserve was founded in 1989 in the area in and around the Dana village and Wadi Dana comprising . Human presence The people of the Ata' ...

, the largest nature reserve in Jordan

Nepal

Dana, Nepal Dana, Nepal is a village development committee in Myagdi District in the Dhaulagiri Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bure ...

, 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 Al-Dana ( ar, ٱلدَّانَا, ad-Dānā) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located north of Idlib, 38 kilometers west of Aleppo, and just east of the border with Turkey. Nearby localities include Sar ...

, a town in northern Syria *

Al-Dana, Maarrat al-Nu'man Al-Dana, Maarrat al-Nu'man ( ar, الدانا) is a Syrian village located in Maarrat al-Nu'man Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib ar, إدلبي, Idlibi , coordinates = , elevation_m = 500 ...

, a town in northwestern Syria

Turkey

Dana Island Dana Island ( tr, Dana Adası, also called ''Kargıncık Adası'', Greek Latin ''Pithyussa'') is a small Mediterranean island of Turkey. Geography Dana Adası lies parallel to south coast of Turkey at in the province of Mersin. The distance ...

* Ancient Dana or

in Cappadocia, capital of a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC * Ancient Dana possibly associated with

in Cappadocia

United States

Dana, California Dana is a populated place located in Shasta County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most ...

, 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, 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, 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, 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), ''Dana'' (1919), Danish research vessel 1920-1921 * Dana (1921), ''Dana'' (1921), Danish research vessel 1921-1935 * Dana (1937), ''Dana'' (1937), Danish research vessel 1937-1980 * Dana (1980), ''Dana'' (1980), Danish research vessel 1981-present

Other uses

* 152mm SpGH DANA, 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 film), ''Poltergeist'' (1982)