Wanda
See also: wanda
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɔndə/, /ˈwɑndə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɒndə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɒndə
Proper noun
editWanda
- A female given name from Polish.
- 1998, Barbara Neely, Blanche Cleans Up, Penguin, published 1999, →ISBN, page 12:
- "Speaking of names, you're the first white Wanda I ever met."
Wanda peeled off two sweaters and a woolen scarf." Well, you're the fifth or sixth colored I've had to tell that Wanda is an old Polish name I inherited from my Polish great-grandmother on me sweet dead mother's side;
Translations
editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editWanda
Further reading
edit- Ethnologue entry for Wanda, wbh
Anagrams
editPolish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editWanda f
- a female given name
Declension
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