Anah

See also: anah

English
Anah, Iraq (2019)

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Etymology

From Arabic عانة (ʾĀna), from Classical Syriac ܐܢܐ, ultimately from Akkadian Anat under Assurnasirpal II and (d)Ha-na-atKI in the Old Babylonian Period, sometimes connected to worship of the war goddess Anat, whose name is probably Semitic.

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Anah

  1. A town in Anbar, Iraq, originally on an island in the middle Euphrates River.
    • 2007 Dec. 18, Billy Hall, "Brothers in Arms", Marines.mil:
      Two Iraqi men drove through the city streets of Anah, Iraq, when their suspicions were aroused.

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