Nana

Nana, NaNa or NANA may refer to:

People

• Nana of Iberia, a 4th-century Georgian queen
• Nana (Apache) (1800?–1896), a Chiricahua Apache leader
• Nana (deejay) (born 1983), a Malaysian former student of Akademi Fantasia 1
• Nana (rapper) (born 1968), a German rapper and DJ
• Nana (singer), a Syrian singer
• Nana (After School) (나나, born 1991), a member of South Korean girl group After School
• Nana (given name)
• Nana (surname)

Fiction

Books

• Nana (novel), a 1880 novel by Émile Zola with several adaptations in films
• Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs, a non-fiction 1973 children's book by Tomie dePaola

Manga

• Nana (manga), a Japanese manga series created by Ai Yazawa in 2000
• Shichinin no Nana, a Japanese title of the comedy manga series Seven of Seven, comedy manga series by Akita Shoten with the main character named Nana
• Nana's Everyday Life, an unauthorized webcomic based on the anime Elfen Lied

Films

• Nana (1914 film), a film directed by Camillo De Riso
• Nana (1926 film), a French film directed by Jean Renoir based on the novel
• Nana (1934 film), an American film directed by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice
• Nana (1944 film), a Mexican film directed by Roberto Gavaldón
• Nana (1955 film), a French film directed by Christian-Jaque
• Nana (1968 miniseries), a BBC television series
• Nana (1970 film), a film directed by Mac Ahlberg
• Nana (1981 miniseries), a French television miniseries with Véronique Genest
• Nana (1982 film), a film directed by Dan Wolman
• Nana (1985 film), a film directed by Rafael Baledón and José Bolaños
• Nana (1997 film), a Palestinian film directed by Fabianne Bobil and Fabienne Bouville
• Nana (2001 TV film), a French TV film directed by Édouard Molinaro
• Nana (2005 film), a film based on the manga
• Nana 2, a 2006 sequel of the 2005 film also based on the manga
• Nana (2007 short film), a short film directed by Warwick Thornton
• La Nana, a 2009 dramedy film directed by Sebastián Silva

TV series and episodes

• "The Nana", the 23rd episode of the FOX television series , The O.C.
• "The Return of the Nana", the 48th episode of the FOX television series , The O.C.

Art

• Nana (painting), a 1877 painting by French painter Édouard Manet
• a type of sculptures by French sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002)

Music

• Nana (echos), a mode in the Byzantine music system called Octoechos
• "Hey Nana", the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 performed in Dutch by Micha Marah
• "Na-NaNa-Na", a single off Nelly's album Sweat
• "Na Na Nana Na Na", a single off Jim Jones' album Pray IV Reign
• NaNa, a film song by Indian rap artist Blaaze (born 1975)
• Niki Nana, an album by Yanni
• a 1994 studio album by Polish rock band Lady Pank

Places

• Nana, Călăraşi, a commune in Călăraşi County, Romania
• Nana, Kenya, a ward in Moyale Constituency
• Nana Plaza, a large center for prostitution in Bangkok, Thailand
• Nana, Rajasthan, a village in Pali district, India
• Nána, Slovakia, a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region
• Nana Station, a train station in the Bangkok Skytrain system
• Nana Chowk, a neighbourhood in Mumbai, India
• Nana Glen, New South Wales, a small village in Australia
• Nana Machiyala, a small village near the city of Amreli in the state of Gujarat in India
• Nana-Mambéré, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic
• Nana Rao Park, an urban public city park in Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh in North India
• Gasan-Nana, a village in the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan
• Kom el-Nana, an archaeological site near the ancient Egypt ian city of Akhet-Aten

Religion and mythology

• Nana (Greek mythology), a daughter of Phrygian river-god Sangarius and mother of Attis
• ñana, "knowledge" in Buddhism (the Pali variant of jñāna)
• Nanē (goddess), also known as Nana, a pagan mother goddess worshipped in Armenia and close to Georgia
• Nana Buluku (or Nanã), the Supreme Deity of the Fon from Dahomey
• Inanna, also known as Nana, the Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare
• Nana-Ula, the hero who led his people from Tahiti to Hawaii in Hawaiian mythology

Technology

• Nana technology, a technology designed to improve quality of life for older adults
• GNU Nana, a software providing improved support for assertions and logging in C and C++

Species

• Nana berry, the English name for Rhus dentata, a medium sized deciduous tree
• Nana also means dwarf in Latin, a word found in several species Latin names, subspecies or varieties

• K. nana
  • Kniphofia nana, a plant species in the genus Kniphofia
• V. nana
  • Vicia nana, a plant species in the genus Vicia
• X. nana
  • Xanthoparmelia nana, a lichen species in the genus Xanthoparmelia

Subspecies

• Anubias barteri var. nana, a plant subspecies
• Mentha spicata 'Nana', the nana mint, a mint cultivar grown in Morocco
• Ulmus glabra 'Nana', the dwarf Wych elm, a very slow growing shrub

Other

• Nana 10, an Israeli Web portal
• NANA Regional Corporation, an Alaska Native Regional Corporation
• Nana (title), a Ghanaian title
• Hurricane Nana (disambiguation), several storms
• N-acetylneuraminic acid, a sialic acid abbreviated NANA
• North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA)
• an indigenous Australian group
• a term for grandmother (also Nan, Nanna, Nanny)

See also

• Nan (disambiguation)
• Na Na (disambiguation)
• Nanas (disambiguation)
• Nanna (disambiguation)
• Nanny
• Nanus (disambiguation), masculine form of Nana in Latin
• Nanum (disambiguation), neuter forms of Nana in Latin