how to pronounce anna

/ˈænə/

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anna is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of anna in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… find our people I'm Anna Akana and this …”

meanings of anna

name:

A city in Texas.
A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran.
A municipality of Valencia, Spain.
A prophetess in the New Testament.
A female given name from Hebrew.
A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
A village in Järva, Estonia.
A city in Illinois; after Anna Davie, an early settler.
A village in Fars, Iran.
A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler.

noun:

A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or ^1⁄16 rupee.

anna frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word anna occurs in english on average 23.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.