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annas

annas is the plural of anna.

Meaning of anna

Noun

anna (plural annas)

  1. (historical) A former Indian coin, being a 16th of a rupee.
  2. (India, slang) Money (like "bucks" and "quid").

See all 12 meanings of anna

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Annas

Annas

  1. (plural) plural of Anna

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Annas

Annas

  1. A Jewish high priest known for having four sons and a son-in-law (Caiaphas) succeed him in his lifetime; and for cooperating with Caiaphas to have Jesus Christ crucified.

Origin of annas

From Latin Annas (used in the Vulgate), from Ancient Greek Ἅννας (Hánnas), from Hebrew / Aramaic חנן (khanan) as a shortened form of חֲנַנְיָה (khananya).

Phrases with annas

Questions about annas

What does annas mean?
Annas means a Jewish high priest known for having four sons and a son-in-law (Caiaphas) succeed him in his lifetime; and for cooperating with Caiaphas to have Jesus Christ crucified.
What is annas the plural of?
Annas is the plural of anna.
What part of speech is annas?
Annas is a proper noun.

Words near annas in the dictionary

  1. Annapolitans
  2. annaprasan
  3. annaprashana
  4. Annapurna
  5. Annarbour
  6. annas
  7. annas in the rupee
  8. Annascaul
  9. annat
  10. annate
  11. annates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: annas (page history and authors); Annas (page history and authors); anna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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