Tana may refer to:

Places

Africa

Lake Tana Lake Tana (; previously transcribed Tsana) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and a source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately long and wide, with a maximum depth of , and ...

, a lake in Ethiopia (and a source of the Nile River) * Tana Qirqos, an island in the eastern part of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, near the mouth of the Gumara River * Tana River County, a county of Coast Province, Kenya *

Tana River (Kenya) The Tana River is the longest river in Kenya, it is also called Sagana River in the Mt Kenya region and gives its name to the Tana River County. Nakaegawa T., Wachana C. and KAKUSHIN Team-3 Modeling Group. (2012). "First impact assessment of ...

, the longest river in Kenya * ''Tana'', a shorthand form of

Antananarivo Antananarivo (Malagasy language, Malagasy: ; French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known ...

, the capital of Madagascar * Tana, Guinea, a small village in Guinea

Americas

* Tana Glacier, a glacier in the Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska * Tana River (Alaska), a river in the Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska * Tana River (Cuba), a river of southern Cuba * Tana (volcano), a volcano on Chuginadak Island, Alaska

Asia

* Kyzyl-Tana, a village in the Osh Province of Kyrgyzstan * Tana Station, a railway station in the Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan * Tana, Kukin Tana, or Tana Mayambu, former names of Thane, India

Europe

* Tana or Tanais, a medieval city and bishopric on the Sea of Azov *

Tana Municipality or is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tana bru. Among the other villages in the municipality are Austertana, Bonakas, Polmak, Rustefjelbma, and Skiippagurra. The m ...

, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *

Tana bru , , or is the administrative centre of Deatnu-Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies on the western bank of the Tana River, along the European route E6 highway. The village has a population (2023) of 743 which gives ...

, a village in Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Tana Church, a church in the village of Rustefjelbma in Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Tana River (Norway), the third longest river in Norway, located in Finnmark county

Oceania

* Tana or

Tanna (island) Tanna (sometimes misspelled ''Tana'') is an island in southern Vanuatu. Tanna is the most populous island of Tafea Province, and the third most populous in the country (after Efate and Espiritu Santo). It is home to five indigenous languages, w ...

, an island in Vanuatu

People

* Tana (rapper), Steven Lewis, American rapper known under the name tana (born 2006) * Tana, a variant of the given name Tanya *

Kuo Hsing-chun Kuo Hsing-chun ( zh, t=郭婞淳, p=Guō Xìngchún; Amis language, Amis name: Tana; born 26 November 1993) is a Taiwanese Amis people, Amis Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist, five time world champion, two time Universia ...

(Amis name: Tana), a Taiwanese Amis weightlifter (born 1993) *

Elijah Tana Elijah Tana (born 28 February 1975) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. International career Tana represented the Zambia national team at the African Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2006. See also *List of me ...

(born 1975), a former Zambian footballer *

Nick Tana Nick Tana is the former chairman of the Australian association football club Perth Glory. He had been the chairman and the majority shareholder of Perth Glory from the club's inception in 1995 until 2006. Tana is the former owner of fast food c ...

, the former chairman of the Australian football club ''Perth Glory'' *

Rawat Tana Rawat Tana (born 5 May 1977) is a wheelchair racer from Thailand who is a gold medalist at both the Summer Paralympic and World Championships. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 3rd in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair. In ...

(born 1977), a wheelchair racer from Thailand who competes at the Olympic level *

Tana and Riri Tana and Riri is an Indian story about two girls born around 1564, who were asked to sing in the court of Akbar. The story has become part of Gujarati folk culture. The twins were from a northern town known as Vadnagar near Visnagar in the sta ...

, the twin sisters who chose to die rather than sing in Akbar's court, in India *

Tana Chanabut Tana Chanabut (; born June 6, 1984), simply known as Man () is a Thai professional football manager and former football player. He is currently the assistant coach of Thai League 1 club Khon Kaen United. International career On 8 September 201 ...

(born 1984), Thai footballer who plays for Pattaya United *

Táňa Fischerová Taťana Fischerová (better known as Táňa Fischerová) (6 June 1947 – 25 December 2019) was a Czech actress, writer, television host, politician and civic activist. From 2002 to 2006, she was a member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. ...

(1947–2019), Czech actress, writer, television host, politician and civic activist *

Tana French Tana French (born 10 May 1973) is an American-Irish writer and theatrical actress. She is a longtime resident of Dublin, Ireland. Her debut novel '' In the Woods'' (2007), a psychological mystery, won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barr ...

(born 1973), Irish novelist and theatrical actress * Tana Hoban (1917–2006), American author and photographer * Tana Mongeau (born 1998), American Internet personality * Táňa Radeva (1957–2025), Slovak actress * Tana Ramsay (born 1974), British TV broadcaster and author of bestselling books on cooking * Tana Sripandorn (born 1986), a professional footballer from Thailand playing for Samut Songkhram FC *

Tana Umaga Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa Umaga (; ; born 27 May 1973) is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. He is head coach of Moana Pasifika in the Super Rugby competition. He was granted ...

(born 1973), New Zealand rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team * Tana Wood, biogeochemist and ecosystem scientist * Pedro Tanausú Domínguez Placeres, commonly known as Tana (born 1990), a Spanish footballer

Fictional characters

* Tana, a character from the video game ''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' *

Tana Moon This list is the cast of characters secondary to the main character of Superman in the Superman comics, television programs, cartoons, and movies. Almost all versions reference the source material of the comic book version and therefore the variou ...

, a fictional character who was a reporter in Metropolis in the Superboy comics

Organizations

Telugu Association of North America Telugu Association of North America (also referred to as TANA) is a non-profit organization and is one of oldest Indo-American national level organisation primarily for networking of Telugu people in North America North America is a ...

(TANA) * Tana FC Formation, a football club from Madagascar * Tana Oy, a Finnish waste management company

Religion and mythology

* Tana, claimed to be an early Etruscan name for the Roman goddess Diana, according to ''

Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches ''Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches'' is a book composed by the American folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland that was published in 1899. It contains what he believed was the religious text of a group of pagan witches in Tuscany, Italy, that docum ...

''. This recognized as some

Neopagan Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, spans a range of new religious movements variously influenced by the beliefs of pre-modern peoples across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. Despite some common simila ...

s as accurate. * The single form of

Tannaim ''Tannaim'' ( Amoraic Hebrew: תנאים "repeaters", "teachers", singular ''tanna'' , borrowed from Aramaic) were the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 10–220 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also refe ...

, Rabbinic sages whose views were record in the Mishnah

Other uses

* 1641 Tana, a main-belt asteroid * ''Tana'', a minor Kazakh Jüz, or "tribe" * Tāna (Thaana, Taana), the writing system for the Divehi language spoken in the Maldives * ''Tana'' (film), an Albanian film from 1958 * Tána, "raids", a genre of ancient Irish tales, usually about a "cattle raid" (''Táin Bó'') * ''Tana'' (plant), genus in the family Apiaceae * ''Tana'' (fly), a genus in subfamily Chiromyzinae