Kana is a system of Japanese writing.

Kana may also refer to:

Media and technology

  • Kana (publisher), a French publishing company
  • Kana Software, a software company
  • Kana TV, a private television station of Ethiopia
  • KANA, a defunct radio station (580 AM) formerly licensed to Anaconda, Montana, United States

People

  • Kana (given name), a Japanese given name (including a list of persons with the name)
  • Kana (surname)
  • Kana (rapper) (born 1977)
  • Kana, Japanese musician and member of Chai
  • Kana (wrestler), currently using the ring name "Asuka"

Places

  • Kana (Lycaonia), ancient town now in Turkey
  • Kana, Burkina Faso, a village in Balé Province
  • Kana Cone, a hill in British Columbia, Canada
  • Kana (river), a river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia
  • Cana, sometimes spelled as Kana, a place in Galilee mentioned in the Gospels

Other uses

  • A term used in Japanese poetry such as haiku
  • Kana, a genus of leafhoppers
  • An alternate name used for the Ogoni people of Nigeria
  • Khana language, spoken by the Ogoni people of Nigeria
  • Kana dialect, a variety of Cebuano, a language of the Philippines
  • Katakana (ISO 15924 code: Kana)

See also

  • Cana (disambiguation)
  • Imatto-canna (also written Imatto canna or Jamatto canna) was a false Japanese syllabary
  • Kanna (disambiguation)
  • Kanaa (disambiguation)
  • Qana, also transliterated Kana, a Lebanese village