Wanda

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒndə

Proper noun

Wanda

1. A female given name.
   • 1998 Barbara Neely, Blanche Cleans Up, Penguin (1999), ISBN 0140277471, 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

female given name

• Czech: Vanda (cs)
• Latvian: Vanda (lv) f

• Polish: Wanda (pl)
• Swedish: Vanda (sv)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Wanda

1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Wanda, wbh

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Wanda f

1. A female given name.

Declension

    declension of Wanda

	singular	plural
nominative	Wanda	Wandy
genitive	Wandy	Wand
dative	Wandzie	Wandom
accusative	Wandę	Wandy
instrumental	Wandą	Wandami
locative	Wandzie	Wandach
vocative	Wando	Wandy