Fanta

English

Etymology 1

Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæn.tə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑn.tə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɒn.tə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪn.tə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Fanta

1. A brand of fruit-flavoured carbonated drinks.

Noun

Fanta (plural Fantas)

1. A serving of this drink.

Etymology 2

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

Fanta (plural Fantas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fanta is the 37544^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fanta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 550.

Anagrams

• NAFTA, Nafta