# Tana

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,369

## Definitions
1. Nickname for Antananarivo: the capital and largest city of Madagascar.

## Etymology
From French Tana.

## Easily confused with
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tn)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tax)
- **ten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-ten)
- **tea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tea)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-ton)
- **tap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tap)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tin)
- **tar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tar)
- **tha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tha)
- **tao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tao)
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tat)
- **TSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tsa)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tnt)
- **tau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tau)
- **Tia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tia)
- **tay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tay)
- **tra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tra)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tun)
- **TCA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tca)
- **TWA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-twa)

## Common misspellings (5)
`atna`, `taan`, `tanna`, `tnaa`, `ttana`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tana