Anda

See also: anda, ANDA, andá, andà, ända, ändå, and aṇḍa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Anda.

Proper noun

Anda (plural Andas)

1. A surname from Basque.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Anda is the 33450^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 682 individuals. Anda is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.25%) and White (26.69%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Anda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 37.

Anagrams

• A-DNA, Dana, NDAA, aDNA, dana, dāna, nada

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanda]

Proper noun

Anda f

1. A pet form of female given name Anna.

Further reading

• Anda in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Anda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Indonesian

Etymology

From -anda, from Malay -anda, from Classical Malay -اندا‎ (-anda). Coined by Sarbini in 1957. Made popular by Rosihan Anwar in 1958.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anda/
• Rhymes: -da, -a

Pronoun

Anda

1. (formal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Alternative forms

• anda

Synonyms

Indonesian formal second-person pronouns:

• mas (used for males)
• mbak (used for females)
• kakak (gender-neutral, intimate nuance)
• Anda, saudara (used for people of either gender of equal status)
• saudari (used for women of equal status)
• bapak (lit. "father"; used for men of higher status)
• ibu (lit. "mother"; used for women of higher status)
• sampeyan (Java, gender-neutral)
• panjenengan (Java, gender-neutral, very formal)

Related terms

• adinda
• ayahanda
• ayanda
• baginda
• ibunda
• kakanda

 

Further reading

• “Anda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1927. From Andrejs (“Andrew”) or Amanda. Name of a character in the play Pūt, vējiņi (1913) by Rainis.

Proper noun

Anda f

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Andra

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Anda was the only given name of 2966 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.