-ana or -ianasuff. A collection of items relating to a specified person or place: Americana.[New Latin -?na, from Latin, neuter pl. of -?nus, adj. and n. suff.; see -an1.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ana or -ianasuffix forming nounsdenoting a collection of objects or information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place: Shakespeareana; Victoriana; Americana. [New Latin, from Latin -?na, literally: matters relating to, neuter plural of -?nus; see -an]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014an?a (?æn ?, ?? n?) n. 1. a collection of miscellaneous information about a subject, person, place, or thing. 2. an item in such a collection, as an anecdote. [1720?30; independent use of -ana] ana- a prefix occurring orig. in verbs and verbal derivatives borrowed from Greek, usu. denoting upward or backward motion ( anadromous), completion ( analysis; anatomy), or repetition (anamorphosis). Also, before a vowel, an-. [