Fanta
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈfæn.tə/
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑn.tə/
- IPA(key): /ˈfɒn.tə/
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪn.tə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun edit
Fanta
- A brand of fruit-flavoured carbonated drinks.
Noun edit
Fanta (plural Fantas)
- A serving of this drink.
Etymology 2 edit
Two main origins:
- Borrowed from Czech Fanta, from the phrase fantit se (“to go crazy”), from fant (“crazy, eccentric person”), probably borrowed from German Fant (“dandy, inexperienced person”).
- Borrowed from Amharic ፋንታ (fanta).
Proper noun edit
Fanta (plural Fantas)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fanta is the 37544th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Fanta is most common among White (66.78%) and Black/African American (29.01%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fanta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 550.