Henna

Short form of Henriikka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhenːɑ/, [ˈhe̞nːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -enːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Hen‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Hen‧na

Henna

1. a female given name
2. A railway station about 30 km south from Lahti.

• Henni

• Henna is the 69^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 10,348 female individuals (and as a middle name to 971 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Hanne

From Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛna/
• Rhymes: -ɛna

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Henna n or f (strong, genitive Hennas or Henna, no plural)

1. (countable) ellipsis of Hennastrauch: a shrub, Lawsonia inermis
2. (uncountable) henna (reddish plant substance and color)
   • 1981, Udo Lindenberg, “Jonny Gigolo”, in Udotopia:

     Ob blond, ob braun, ob schwarz, ob Henna / Und manchmal steht er auch auf Männer

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• “Henna” in Duden online
• “Henna” in Duden online
• “Henna” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔννα (Énna).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛn.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛn.na]

Henna f sg (genitive Hennae); first declension

1. One of the most important cities of Sicily, situated near the center of the island, now Enna

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Hennēnsis

• Hennaeus

• “Henna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Enna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Henna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.