Wanda

See also: wanda

English

Etymology 1

From Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɒndə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒndə

Proper noun

Wanda

  1. A female given name.
    • 1998 Barbara Neely, Blanche Cleans Up, Penguin (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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wanda

  1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.

Further reading

Anagrams


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvan.da/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Wanda f

  1. A female given name.

Declension

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