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ma⋅ña⋅na

  [mah-nyah-nah; Eng. muh-nyah-nuh] Spanish.
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–noun
1. tomorrow; the (indefinite) future.
–adverb
2. tomorrow; in the (indefinite) future.
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ma·ña·na   (mä-nyä'nə)   
adv.  

  1. Tomorrow.

  2. At an unspecified future time.

n.  An indefinite time in the future.

[Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *(crās) māneāna, early (tomorrow), from Latin māne, morning; see mā-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
mañana [məˈnjɑnə]

  1. mod.
    tomorrow; in the future, not now. (Spanish.) : It's always mañana with you. Isn't there any “today” or “now” in your vocabulary? , He's a mañana kind of guy. You know—real laid back.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

mañana 
Sp., "tomorrow," from cras manñana, lit. "tomorrow early," from V.L. *maneana "early," from L. mane "in the morning," from PIE *ma- "good" (cf. mature, matins), with notion of "occurring at a good time, timely, early."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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