Chana, chhana, or chaná may refer to :
Food
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Chickpea
The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual plant, annual legume of the family (biology), family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, cultivated for its edible seeds. Its different types are variously known as gram," Bengal gram, ga ...
, known in South Asia as ''chana''
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Chhana, a type of curds from South Asia
Places
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Chana, Illinois
Chana is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, and is located southeast of Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., ...
, United States, an unincorporated community
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Chana District
Chana (, ; Pattani Malay: จือเนาะ, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the southeastern part of Songkhla province, southern Thailand.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise): Thepha, Na Thawi, Hat Yai, Na Mom, ...
, Songkhla Province, southern Thailand
Other uses
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Chang'an Motors
Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (CCAG) is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Jiangbei, Chongqing. commercial vehicles sub-brand known as Chana, a Chinese automaker
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Chaná people
Chaná (endonym: ''Chañá'' or ''Yañá'') were one of the native nations of Argentina and Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southw ...
, an ethnic group of Uruguay
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Chaná language
The Chaná language ( 'speak' or 'language'; from , "tongue" and a communicative suffix) is one of the Charruan languages, spoken by the Chaná people in what is now Argentina and Uruguay along the Uruguay and Paraná Rivers on the margins of ...
, an extinct language of Uruguay and Argentina
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Chana (Bible), alternate transliteration of Hannah, a Biblical character; sometimes spelled "Chane"
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Woman with seven sons
The woman with seven sons was a Jewish martyr described in the deuterocanonical 2 Maccabees 7. She and her seven sons were arrested during the persecution of Judaism initiated by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes. They were ordered to consume pork and ...
, a character in 2 Maccabees, sometimes called Chana
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Rosanna Tavarez, an American singer who used Chana as a stage name
People with the name
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Ameet Chana
Ameet Chana (born 12 September 1975 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is a British-Indian actor and producer. His most notable roles include playing Tony in the film ''Bend It Like Beckham'' (2002), and Adi Ferreira in ''EastEnders'' (2003–2005). ...
(born 1975), British-Indian actor
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Arjan Drayton Chana (born 1994), English field hockey player
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Chana Blaksztejn, a Polish-Jewish writer and journalist
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Chana Bloch (1940–2017), American poet, translator, and scholar
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Chana Eden (1932–2019), Israeli-American actress and singer
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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, Brian Walt and activist Zara Joffe, are South African. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2 ...
, radio journalist and producer
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Chana Katan (born 1958), American-born Israeli gynecologist, and public figure
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Chana Kowalska (1907–1942), Polish painter and journalist
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Chana Masson (born 1978), Brazilian handball player
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Chana Orloff (1888–1968), Ukraine-born sculptor
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Chana Pilane-Majake, South African politician
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Chana Porpaoin
Chana Porpaoin (; born 1966-03-25 in Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province, Thailand) is a Thai boxer. Chana and his younger brother, Songkram Porpaoin, became only the second set of twins to both capture world titles (the Galaxy twins, also o ...
(born 1966), Thai boxer
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Chana Schneerson (1880–1964), wife of a Chabad Hasidic rabbi in Ukraine
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Chana Timoner (1951–1998), American rabbi
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Khuli Chana
Khulane Morule (born August 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Khuli Chana, is a South African Motswako rapper.
In 2014, he released his single titled Hape Le Hape 2.1 featuring Da L.E.S and Magesh. In September of the year, he releas ...
(born 1982), South African Motswako rapper
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Navjot Chana (born 1983), Indian martial artist
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Pindi Chana (born 1974), Tanzanian politician
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Tarlochan Singh Chana (born 1949), Kenyan field hockey player
See also
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Hannah (name)
Hannah, also spelled Hanna (given name), Hanna, Hana (name), Hana, Hanah, or Chana, is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It is derived from the Semitic root, root ''ḥ-n-n'', meaning "favour" or "grace". ''A Dictionary of First Names'' att ...
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Chanas (disambiguation)
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Chano (disambiguation)
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Channa (disambiguation)
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Chana School
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