Anica () is a female
given name
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used among
Romanians
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,
Serbs
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,
Slovenes
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,
Croats
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, etc. It is derived from
Anna
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654)
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th c ...
. A regional variant of this name is Ance (Lithuanian), and it is closely related to the names
Anicka,
Anika
Anika (Devanagari: ) is a female given name of Arabic, African, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Māori, Sanskrit, and Swedish origin and is also an alternative spelling of the name Annika or Anikha
Meanings
The meaning of the name "Anika" is different ...
and
Anka
Anka or ANKA may refer to:
Organisations and companies
* Anka Air or AnkAir, a Turkish charter airline from 2005 to 2008
* ANKA news agency, based in Ankara, Turkey
* Anka SK, an Ankara-based Turkish ice hockey club
* Arnhem, Northern and Kimberle ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Anica Bošković
Anica Bošković (born 1714 in Republic of Ragusa – died 13 August 1804 in Ragusa) was a Ragusan writer. She wrote a pastoral song and translated from the Italian language. Christian themes permeate her work. Hers was one of the first impor ...
(1714–1804), Ragusan writer
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Anica Černej
Anica Černej (3 April 1900, in Čadram, Oplotnica – 3 May 1944, in Neubrandenburg) was a Slovene teacher, author and poet. She wrote poems for children, youth and adults, lectured on youth literature, and published a biography of a children's ...
(1900–1944), Slovene author and poet
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Anica Dobra
Anica Dobra ( sr-Cyrl, Аница Добра; born 3 June 1963) is a Serbian film and theatre actress.
Early life and education
Dobra was born on 3 June 1963, in Belgrade, where she completed primary education before moving to Frankfurt on Ma ...
(born 1963), Serbian film actress
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Anica Kovač
Anica Kovač (; , ; born 3 March 1976) is a Croatian former model and beauty pageant titleholder best known for being the First Runner-up in the Miss World 1995 competition and for her marriage to the Croatian football player Robert Kovač.
Kova ...
née Martinović, Croatian model, Miss Croatia 1995
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Anica Neto
Anica Manuel João Neto a.k.a. Nequita (born December 27, 1972) is a former Angolan handball player. Neto was a member of the Angola women's handball team and represented her country in three different Olympic tournaments, namely in 1996, 2000 an ...
(born 1972), Angolan handball player
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Anica Nonveiller
Anica Lazin Nonveiller (Serbian Cyrillic: Аница Лазин Нонвеје; born 1957) is a Serbian Canadian journalist, writer and producer. She is the sister of a Parisian theatre director Miloš Lazin. In 1991 she was fired from a state-own ...
(born 1957), Serbian-born Canadian journalist, writer and producer
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Anica Savić Rebac
Anica Savić-Rebac ( sr-Cyrl, Аница Савић-Ребац; 4 October 1892 — 7 October 1953) was a Serbian writer, classical philologist, translator, professor at the University of Belgrade. She wrote a number of essays and books about Njego ...
(1892–1953), Serbian writer, classical philologist and translator
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Anica Mrose Rissi
Anica Mrose Rissi is an American author of children's books and young adult novels. Her first book, ''Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split'', was published by Simon & Schuster in 2015. Her nonfiction pieces have been published by the ''New York ...
, American author
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