8-letter words that end in na
- gymkhana — a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
- hinayana — earlier of the two great schools of Buddhism, still prevalent in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia, emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts.
- hiragana — the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- ianthina — Any of the family Janthinidae of violet snails.
- ibn sina — Arabic name of Avicenna.
- icekhana — an auto-racing competition testing driving skills on a frozen lake.
- ioannina — a city in NW Greece.
- jacobina — a female given name.
- janthina — Alternative form of ianthina.
- javelina — See under peccary.
- junk dna — DNA that consists of repeated sequences of nucleotide and has no apparent function
- kabloona — a white man; a European.
- kamaaina — a longtime resident of Hawaii.
- katakana — the more angular, less commonly used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- kaukauna — a city in E Wisconsin.
- kingwana — a language of the Democratic Republic of Congo in W Africa, closely related to Swahili and used as a lingua franca
- kristina — a female given name, form of Christina.
- leucaena — any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Leucaena, of the legume family, which includes the lead tree.
- londrina — a city in E Brazil.
- ludhiana — a city in central Punjab, in N India.
- macarena — (often initial capital letter) a dance performed in a group line or solo and following a rhythmic pattern of arm, hand, and hip movements in time to a Spanish song.
- mahayana — the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought to be attainable through faith alone.
- mantegna — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1431–1506, Italian painter and engraver.
- maradona — Diego (dɪˈeɪɡəʊ) (Armando). born 1960, Argentinian footballer and manager: his clubs included Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, and Napoli; scored 34 goals in 91 internationals (1977–94); under his captaincy Argentina won the World Cup in 1986
- marianna — a female given name.
- marikana — a town in the North West Province of South Africa; the platinum mine was the scene of a strike and armed conflict in 2012 during which 47 people, mostly mineworkers, died. Pop: 19 522 (2011)
- marikina — a city in Luzon, SW Philippines, E of Manila.
- mokopuna — (NZ) In M\u0101ori culture, grandchildren, or sometimes children generally.
- ndjamena — Lake, a lake in Africa at the junction of four countries: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. 5000 to 10,000 sq. mi. (13,000 to 26,000 sq. km) (seasonal variation).
- nu thena — A software vendor specialising in rapid prototyping tools for real-time hardware and software systems and collaborating with DAZIX.
- owatonna — a city in S Minnesota.
- pamplona — a city in N Spain.
- pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- phrygana — another name for garigue, used esp in Greece
- platanna — an aquatic South African frog
- polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
- pristina — the capital city of Kosovo, S Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro: site of 1389 battle against Turks and center of modern Kosovar (Albanian) separatist movement.
- ramayana — an epic of India, one of the Puranas attributed to Valmiki and concerned with the life and adventures of Ramachandra and his wife Sita.
- rendzina — a dark, rich soil containing limestone or chalk, above a softer, pale, calcareous layer, developed in grassland areas of high to moderate humidity.
- roseanna — a female given name.
- sardegna — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- shamiana — a flat tent, canopy, or marquee used for parties or functions in India and often made of striped calico
- shardana — a member of an ancient people of the eastern Mediterranean who served as mercenaries in the Egyptian army and may have settled in Sardinia and Sicily.
- shechina — the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- sonatina — a short or simplified sonata.
- spartina — a ricegrass which grows in salt marshes