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ανά
per /aˈna/
particleB1#1582 most common
Also: throughout, across, every
Example sentences
Παίρνω ένα χάπι ανά ημέρα.
I take one pill per day.
Ο γιατρός με βλέπει ανά δύο μήνες.
The doctor sees me every two months.
Το τρένο περνάει ανά μία ώρα.
The train comes every hour.
Ταξιδεύουμε ανά την Ελλάδα κάθε καλοκαίρι.
We travel around Greece every summer.
Υπάρχουν σχολεία ανά την επικράτεια.
There are schools throughout the country.
Οι τιμές διαφέρουν ανά περιοχή και ανά εποχή.
Prices vary by region and by season.
Word family
ανα-bound prefix: up, again, back, apart
αναβαίνωto go up, climb
ανάλυσηanalysis, breakdownανάπτυξηdevelopment, growthανακαλύπτωto discoverEtymology
Ανά comes from Ancient Greek ἀνά, a preposition and adverb meaning "up" or "throughout," and later "according to" or "for each." It traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "on" or "upon." Modern Greek kept the old distributive sense, so today it mainly marks a rate or a spread across space, as in "per hour" or "throughout the country."
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