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Help[Opinions] Karana?
How do you feel about the name Karana (kuh-RAH-nah)? Do you have any ideas for combos?
If I ever used Karana, it would be after the main character in Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins, a book I have considered my all-time favourite since the age of seven.
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You've thrown the worst fear that can ever be hurled: fear to bring children into the world. For threatening my baby, unborn and unnamed, you ain't worth the blood that runs in your veins.
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I'd like to leave the world as a better place.
If I ever used Karana, it would be after the main character in Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins, a book I have considered my all-time favourite since the age of seven.
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You've thrown the worst fear that can ever be hurled: fear to bring children into the world. For threatening my baby, unborn and unnamed, you ain't worth the blood that runs in your veins.
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I'd like to leave the world as a better place.
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The association I have with it--at least the superfical one--is that it's similar to Karen, Karena, Karina, etc. They're on my "so bland they're forgettable" list, and I hate to say it but Karana ranks right up there with them.
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It's another -ana name that Array likes!
Hmmm, I loathed that book. Weird.
It's pretty! I hate Karen and Kara, though, and that prevents me from loving Karana.
Karana Louise comes to mind immediately, which is odd, since I abhor the name Louise.
Karana Alexandrine
Karana Amaryllis
Karana Edith
Karana Edna
Karana Helen
Karana Inna
Karana Judith
Karana Joanne
Karana Jane
Karana Leila
Karana Lise
Karana Lake
Karana May
Karana Mika
Karana Naomi
Karana Pearl
Karana Penelope
Karana Quinn
Karana Rae / Ray
Karana Selene
Karana Sophronia
Karana Tamar
Karana Vivienne / Vivien / Vivian
Karana Winifred
Karana Wilhelmina
Karana Xylia
How'd I do?
Hmmm, I loathed that book. Weird.
It's pretty! I hate Karen and Kara, though, and that prevents me from loving Karana.
Karana Louise comes to mind immediately, which is odd, since I abhor the name Louise.
Karana Alexandrine
Karana Amaryllis
Karana Edith
Karana Edna
Karana Helen
Karana Inna
Karana Judith
Karana Joanne
Karana Jane
Karana Leila
Karana Lise
Karana Lake
Karana May
Karana Mika
Karana Naomi
Karana Pearl
Karana Penelope
Karana Quinn
Karana Rae / Ray
Karana Selene
Karana Sophronia
Karana Tamar
Karana Vivienne / Vivien / Vivian
Karana Winifred
Karana Wilhelmina
Karana Xylia
How'd I do?
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Karana is very nice, and I love that you would be using it from Island of the Blue Dolphins.
It's been many years since I read it, but I remember loving it.
Have you ever read Zia? Karana is supposed to appear in that book as well.
It's been many years since I read it, but I remember loving it.
Have you ever read Zia? Karana is supposed to appear in that book as well.
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I like Karana and it was because of the Island of the Blue Dolphins. I loved that book!
Karana Violet
Karana Maia
Karana Rae
... mmm .. that's all I can come up with that I like.
~Lisa~
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!!!!!: Morgaine, Arthur, Vivianne, Lancelot, & Guinevere
???????: William, Charles, Percival, Frederick, George, Ronald, & Ginevra
....: Peter, Susan, Edmund, & Lucy
Karana Violet
Karana Maia
Karana Rae
... mmm .. that's all I can come up with that I like.
~Lisa~
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!!!!!: Morgaine, Arthur, Vivianne, Lancelot, & Guinevere
???????: William, Charles, Percival, Frederick, George, Ronald, & Ginevra
....: Peter, Susan, Edmund, & Lucy
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Hmmmm, I really like the name Karuna, so I don't think Karana would be much of a stretch. It sounds very mythological. Does the book mention how the character got her name?
I'm, of course, all for names with literary associations!
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I'm, of course, all for names with literary associations!
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This would be far easier if I had thought to bring my copy to school with me! I really dislike having it so far away.
To give you some background, the book is based off of the story of a woman who was found living alone on an island off the coast of California. She'd lived alone for almost twenty years; the rest of her tribe had been taken away from the island that long ago. When they found her, they eventually convinced her to leave the island and live at a mission, where she was baptised and given the name Juana Maria. At this point, she was the only one alive who spoke her native language, and her real name was either never known or never written down. She died seven weeks after coming to the mission.
In the book itself, Karana was her true name, while the name she gave to strangers is Won-a-pa-lei, which apparently meant "The Girl with the Long Black Hair." She's not called by her true name by others in her community, but it's the name we know her by. I've been trying to find a reference to where O'Dell found Karana or what it's supposed to mean, but I haven't found anything yet.
Other references to the name I've found on the internet (not necessarily related):
-Karana is an Aboriginal name meaning "quiet place" (not from a reliable source)
-"the time required for the angular distance between the sun and the moon to increase in steps of 6° starting from 0" in the Hindu calendar
-A male deity in the game EverQuest
If you haven't read the book, you should go pick it up. :) The sequel, Zia, isn't quite so good, but it's also worth a read.
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You've thrown the worst fear that can ever be hurled: fear to bring children into the world. For threatening my baby, unborn and unnamed, you ain't worth the blood that runs in your veins.
...
I'd like to leave the world as a better place.
To give you some background, the book is based off of the story of a woman who was found living alone on an island off the coast of California. She'd lived alone for almost twenty years; the rest of her tribe had been taken away from the island that long ago. When they found her, they eventually convinced her to leave the island and live at a mission, where she was baptised and given the name Juana Maria. At this point, she was the only one alive who spoke her native language, and her real name was either never known or never written down. She died seven weeks after coming to the mission.
In the book itself, Karana was her true name, while the name she gave to strangers is Won-a-pa-lei, which apparently meant "The Girl with the Long Black Hair." She's not called by her true name by others in her community, but it's the name we know her by. I've been trying to find a reference to where O'Dell found Karana or what it's supposed to mean, but I haven't found anything yet.
Other references to the name I've found on the internet (not necessarily related):
-Karana is an Aboriginal name meaning "quiet place" (not from a reliable source)
-"the time required for the angular distance between the sun and the moon to increase in steps of 6° starting from 0" in the Hindu calendar
-A male deity in the game EverQuest
If you haven't read the book, you should go pick it up. :) The sequel, Zia, isn't quite so good, but it's also worth a read.
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I'd like to leave the world as a better place.
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I'll look for the book the next time I'm at the bookstore.
I'm always looking for book suggestions and the story sounds most interesting. Thanks. :)
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I'm always looking for book suggestions and the story sounds most interesting. Thanks. :)
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