# Meaning and origin of name "Zahna" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 5, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-and-origin-of-name-zahna/721668 "2015-06-05T00:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-and-origin-of-name-zahna/721668/1 "2015-06-05T00:16:27Z")
Zahna is a town in Wittenberg in Germany. What is the meaning and origin of the name of that town? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-and-origin-of-name-zahna/721668/2 "2015-06-05T00:54:06Z")
Glancing at the age and ethnic history of the town and region (it goes back to 2000 BCE) and its proximity to Poland and the Czech regions, I’m going to bet this takes some very special expertise to answer properly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-and-origin-of-name-zahna/721668/3 "2015-06-05T01:10:16Z")
Are you trying to connect the town with Anton Zamloch? ---
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-and-origin-of-name-zahna/721668/4 "2015-06-05T01:58:34Z")
No, it’s something unrelated.