Wanda

See also: wanda

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔndə/, /ˈwɑndə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒndə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒndə

Proper noun

Wanda

1. A female given name from Polish.
   • 1998, Barbara Neely, Blanche Cleans Up, Penguin, published 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

female given name

• Czech: Vanda (cs)
• Latvian: Vanda f
• Polish: Wanda (pl)
• Swedish: Vanda (sv)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑːndə/, /ˈwɒndə/

Proper noun

Wanda

1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Wanda, wbh ⁠

Anagrams

• Dawan, Dawna

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvan.da/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Wan‧da

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