Grana
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Places
Croatia- Grana, Varaždin County, a village in Varaždin County, Croatia
Germany
- Grana, GermanyGrana, GermanyGrana is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Kretzschau....
, a municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Italy
- Grana, Piedmont, a commune in the Province of Asti
- Grana del MonferratoGrana del MonferratoThe Grana del Monferrato is a small Italian river, classified as a torrente, a right tributary of the Po, which runs almost entirely in the Province of Alessandria among the hills of the Basso Monferrato which lie between the Po to the north and the Tanaro to the south...
a river which rises in the Province of Asti
Spain
- Grana, Galicia, a municipality in Spain, also known as San Bernabé
Other
- Grana, a family name derived from Italy.
- The plural of grano, one 120th of a piastraPiastraThe piastra is a historical currency used in some parts of what became Italy before unification in the 19th century. For more information, see:* Neapolitan piastra* Sicilian piastra* Two Sicilies piastraSee also piastre....
. - Grana, Italianized name for the Gorneyim, Jews from LivornoLivornoLivorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
(Leghorn) - Grana, a Finnish brand of fixturePlumbing fixtureA plumbing fixture is an exchangeable device which can be connected to an existing plumbing system to deliver and drain away water but which is also configured to enable a particular use.-Common fixtures:The most common plumbing fixtures are:*Bathtubs...
s and other plumbingPlumbingPlumbing is the system of pipes and drains installed in a building for the distribution of potable drinking water and the removal of waterborne wastes, and the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures in such systems. A plumber is someone who installs or repairs piping...
products produced by Muovi-Baari Oy Reiman - Grana (singular: granum), thylakoidThylakoidA thylakoid is a membrane-bound compartment inside chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. They are the site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. Thylakoids consist of a thylakoid membrane surrounding a thylakoid lumen. Chloroplast thylakoids frequently form stacks of disks referred to as...
stacks in chloroplastChloroplastChloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and other eukaryotic organisms that conduct photosynthesis. Chloroplasts capture light energy to conserve free energy in the form of ATP and reduce NADP to NADPH through a complex set of processes called photosynthesis.Chloroplasts are green...
s - Grana (cheese)Grana (cheese)Grana originally referred to a class of hard, mature cheeses from Italy which have a granular texture and are often used for grating. These cheeses are typically made in the form of large drums. The structure is often described as crystalline, and the drums are divided by being split with a fairly...
, a term for the Italian granular cheeses such as Grana Padano - Grana (journal), a scientific journalScientific journalIn academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
for palynologyPalynologyPalynology is the science that studies contemporary and fossil palynomorphs, including pollen, spores, orbicules, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs, chitinozoans and scolecodonts, together with particulate organic matter and kerogen found in sedimentary rocks and sediments...
and aerobiologyAerobiologyAerobiology is a branch of biology that studies organic particles, such as bacteria, fungal spores, very small insects, pollen grains and viruses, which are passively transported by the air...