Lada
English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Lada (plural Ladas)
- A female given name from Czech.
- A surname.
- an alleged Slavic goddess of love and beauty.
- A make of car, produced by the Soviet/Russian automotive manufacturer AvtoVAZ; the car's name for the internal Soviet/Russian market is Zhiguli (Жигули́ (Žigulí)).
Translations
a female name
a Russian car
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Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lada”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 377.
- Forebears
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlada]
Plautdietsch
Romanian
Pronunciation
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