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Etymology of Rana

Various origins of surname: * Borrowed from Hindi राना (rānā)/राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”). * Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Rana, a nickname for someone w

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A surname. · A large municipality in Nordland county, Norway. See Rana, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Various origins of surname: * Borrowed from Hindi राना (rānā)/राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”). * Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Rana, a nickname for someone with bulging eyes or a croaky voice, from rana (“frog”). * Borrowed from Galician Raña, a habitational surname from a village in the province of A Coruña.

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