Dana

DANA[TYANA]

DANAor DAGANA(Δάναor Δάγανα, Ptol. 7.4.5), a town in the ancient Taprobane or Ceylon. Forbiger has conjectured that it is represented by the modern Tangalaor Tangalle.

(Δάνα). A great city of Cappadocia, probably the same as the later Tyana (q.v.) (Xen. Anab. i. 2, 20).