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Eda
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "eda"
English
Etymology
From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eda
- A female given name from Old English.
- 1848, Letitia Mary M. Bell, Eda Morton and her Cousins, or, School-room Days, John Ollivier, published 1848, page 142:
- Your name is Eda Morton, is it not? Mine is Edith, or Eda M'Kenzie, and I rather suspect you are my name-daughter, therefore I have a title to your friendship.
- A municipality in Värmland County, Sweden.
Anagrams
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Albanian
Proper noun
Eda f
- a female given name
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eda m anim
- a diminutive of the male given name Eduard
Declension
Declension of Eda (masculine animate in -a)
Further reading
- “Eda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Eda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Estonian
Etymology
Diminutive of Germanic given names beginning with Edel- "noble", and of Hedvig.
Proper noun
Eda
- a female given name
Related terms
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1609. From names beginning with Ed-, such as Edīte.
Proper noun
Eda f
- a female given name
Usage notes
- Common in Latvia from the 17th to the 19th century, but rare today.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Eda was the only given name of 19 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
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Turkish
Proper noun
Eda
- a female given name
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