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Kana
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Appendix:Variations of "kana"
Translingual
Etymology
mul en+fr:katakana, from mul ja - 片%仮%名 かた%か%な.
Symbol
Katakana
English
+ (given name)
Etymology 1
en ja 香菜 Kana.
Proper noun
en female Japanese.
Etymology 2
+ (surname)
Two main origins:
Borrowed from en cs Káňa, a variant of cs Kan.
Borrowed from en ta கனா; this surname is predominantly found in Tamil Nadu.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Kana is the 39,212th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Kana is most common among White (79.5%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.52%) individuals.
Etymology 3
Karna Gewog
en dz བཀར་ན་.
Proper noun
en gewog of district:Suf/Dagana c/Bhutan.
Further reading
Anagrams
en aakn Akan knaa naka
en surnames from Czech surnames from Tamil
Japanese
Romanization
かな
Tagalog
Etymology
Initial tl Amerikana 1.
Pronunciation
kanâ
Noun
Kanâ Kano +
tl informal sometimes offensive ethnic slur female American citizen of the United States
tl 1974 Liwayway ... 'yan ang kutis na pinagkakamatayan ng mga Kana sa States. Kaya sila malimit sa dagat ... nagpapasun-tan ba." "Aba, wala namang malamang gawin ang mga dalaga rito sa atin kung pa'no magpapaputi." “Madali 'yan... bleach .
1984, Women Writers in Media Now (Philippines), Filipina I: poetry, drama, fiction, Cellar Book Shop (9789711001766)
tl ANITA: Lalo na kung makikita ka nilang nagpapasikat sa pagsayaw sa mga Kana. (Napapangiti si Ruben. Magka- katinginan ang mag-asawa, matitigilan) RUBEN : Kung ganoo'y saan mo gustong tumira, Anita? ANITA: Sa bunso mo kaya.
Usage notes
The term usually carries a stereotypical connotation regarding Americans, such as the aquiline nose and white skin, and it can be an ethnic slur depending on context.
Coordinate terms
tl Kano
Further reading
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Anagrams
tl aakn ka- -an naka- anak
tl Demonyms