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Juana

Juana proper noun: a female given name from Spanish.

Proper noun

Juana

  1. A female given name from Spanish.

Origin of Juana

From Spanish Juana, from Old Spanish Johanna, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

Words formed from Juana

Questions about Juana

What does Juana mean?
Juana means a female given name from Spanish.
What part of speech is Juana?
Juana is a proper noun.

Words near Juana in the dictionary

  1. Juan Does
  2. Juan Fernandez Islands
  3. Juan Fernández
  4. Juan Fernández Islands
  5. Juan-les-Pins
  6. Juana
  7. Juana Díaz
  8. juane
  9. juanes
  10. Juanez
  11. Juaneño

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