Nana

Nana or NANA may refer to:

People

• Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name
• Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname
• Nana, an indigenous Australian group
• "Nana", another name for grandmother
• Nana (title), a Ghanaian title

Religion and mythology

• Nana (Kushan goddess), a Kushan war goddess
• Nana (Greek mythology), a Phrygian demigoddess and the mother of Attis
• Nana Buluku, the supreme goddess of the Fon people of Benin
• Nanna (Norse deity), the wife of the god Baldre (Balder) in Norse mythology
• Nane (goddess), also found as Nana, the Armenian goddess of war, wisdom, and motherhood
• Nanna Sin (mythology), also found as Suen or called "Nanna, a Mesopotamian moon god
• Nanaya, a goddess worshipped by the Sumerians and Akkadians, associated with the sky and earth
• Jnana, also spelled ñana, the concept of knowledge in Hinduism and Buddhism

Geography

• Nana, Rajasthan, a village in India
• Nana, Călărași, a commune and village in Romania
• Nána, Slovakia, a village in the Nitra Region
• Nana Plaza, a prostitution center in Bangkok, Thailand
• Nana Station, a train station in Bangkok, Thailand
• Nana, Kenya, a ward in Moyale Constituency

Arts and entertainment

Art

• Nana (painting), by Édouard Manet

Books

• Nana (novel), by Émile Zola
• Nana (manga), by Ai Yazawa
• Nana, a dog in Peter and Wendy
• Nana (magazine), a Malayalam periodical
• Nana 10, an Israeli web portal

Film and television

• Nana (1926 film), a French film by Jean Renoir
• Nana (1934 film), an American film by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice
• Nana (1944 film), a Mexican film by Celestino Gorostiza and Roberto Gavaldón starring Lupe Velez
• Nana (1955 film), a French-Italian film by Christian-Jaque
• Nana (1970 film), a film starring Gillian Hills
• Nana (1981 miniseries), a French television miniseries with Véronique Genest
• Nana, the original title of Nana, the True Key of Pleasure, a 1982 Italian film by Dan Wolman
• Nana (1985 film), a Mexican film by Rafael Baledón starring Irma Serrano and Verónica Castro
• Nana (1987 television series), a Danish television series for children
• Nana (1995 television film), a film starring Bernadette Heerwagen
• Nana (1997 film), a Palestinian documentary film
• Nana (2001 television film), a film by Alberto Negrin with a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone
• Nana (2005 film), a film based on the manga by Ai Yazawa
• Nana (2007 short film), a film by Warwick Thornton
• La Nana, Spanish name for The Maid (2009 film) by Chilean Sebastián Silva
• "The Nana", an episode of the television show The O.C. (season 1)

Music

• Nana (opera), 1930s opera by Manfred Gurlitt
• Nana (echos), a concept in Byzantine music
• Nana (deejay) (born 1983), a Malaysian Akademi Fantasia contestant
• Nana (rapper) (born 1968), a German rapper and DJ
• NaNa (band) (formed 1996), a Japanese duo
• Nana (singer) (born 1991), a member of popular South Korean girl group After School
• Nana, female UK garage singer, most notably on the song "Body Groove" by Architechs
• Nana, a composition by Federico Moreno Torroba
• "Nana", a single by The Checkers (Japanese band) 1986
• "NaNa", a song by Blaaze
• "Na Na" (song), a 2014 song by Trey Songz

Plants

• Nana-berry, a common name for Rhus dentata, a deciduous tree species
• Nana mint, a common name for Mentha spicata 'Nana', a spearmint cultivar grown in Morocco

Acronyms

• NANA, the North American Newspaper Alliance, a large newspaper syndicate from 1922 to 1980
• NANA Regional Corporation, a for-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporation
• NANA, an abbreviation for N-Acetylneuraminic acid

Other uses

• Nana technology, microchip-based technology designed to benefit older adults