ma·na (mä?n?)n.1. A supernatural force believed to dwell in a person or sacred object.2. Power; authority.[Maori, integrity, charisma, prestige.]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.mana (?m??n?) n1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (in Polynesia, Melanesia, etc) a concept of a life force, believed to be seated in the head, and associated with high social status and ritual power2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) any power achieved by ritual means; prestige; authority[from Polynesian]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ma?na (?m? n?) n. a supernatural force that may be transferred among objects or persons. [1835?45;