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.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

Czech

Etymology

From Polish Wanda.

Proper noun

Vanda f

  1. A female given name..

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.

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvanda/

Proper noun

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

  1. A female given name..

Declension

Further reading

  • Vanda in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Polish Wanda

Proper noun

Vanda c (genitive Vandas)

  1. A female given name..

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Vanda c (genitive Vandas)

  1. Vantaa
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