Blanda

See also: blanda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Blanda.

Proper noun

Blanda (plural Blandas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blanda is the 36630^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Blanda is most common among White (94.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blanda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 169.

Acehnese

Alternative forms

• Beulanda

Proper noun

Blanda

1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)

Italian

Etymology

From a feminine form of Blando.

Proper noun

Blanda m or f by sense

1. a surname

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈblan.da/, [ˈbɫ̪än̪d̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈblan.da/, [ˈblän̪d̪ä]

Proper noun

Blanda f sg (genitive Blandae); first declension

1. A city in Lucania

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Blanda
Genitive	Blandae
Dative	Blandae
Accusative	Blandam
Ablative	Blandā
Vocative	Blanda
Locative	Blandae

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Βλάνδα (Blánda)

References

• “Blanda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Blanda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Blanda”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly