Vanda

See also: vanda, vända, and vånda

Translingual

Vanda roeblingiana

Etymology

New Latin, from Sanskrit वन्दाक (vandāka), वन्दाका (vandākā, Vanda tesselata)

Proper noun

Vanda f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – prized for its flowers, considered to be the most highly evolved of all orchids.

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References

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Wanda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvanda]

Proper noun

Vanda f

  1. a female given name

Declension

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Polish Wanda.

Proper noun

Vanda f

  1. a female given name

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Vanda was the only given name of 1676 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Vanda f

  1. a female given name

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvanda/

Proper noun

Vanda f (genitive singular Vandy, nominative plural Vandy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Further reading

  • Vanda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vanːda/

Etymology 1

From Polish Wanda.

Proper noun

Vanda c (genitive Vandas)

  1. a female given name

Proper noun

Vanda n (genitive Vandas)

  1. Vantaa (a city in Finland)

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