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Lana

Dagbani · Dagomba (Dagbon), Northern Region · Royal title

The Dagbani Dictionary glosses lana (pl. lannima) as 'owner, person of/with something'. It forms titles, as in Mion Lana and Chernoff's 'Mamprugulana'.

The chief of Mion is known as the Mion Lana.

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