Fanta
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈfæn.tə/
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑn.tə/
- IPA(key): /ˈfɒn.tə/
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪn.tə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Fanta
- A brand of fruit-flavoured carbonated drinks.
Noun[edit]
Fanta (plural Fantas)
- A serving of this drink.
Etymology 2[edit]
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[edit]
Fanta (plural Fantas)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fanta is the 37544th 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[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fanta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 550.
Anagrams[edit]
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