Nadia

See also: Nádia

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Nadia

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.di.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːdiə
• Hyphenation: Na‧di‧a

Etymology 1

Originally the French spelling of На́дя (Nádja), an informal Russian pet form of the virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Nadezhda, Nadyezhda”, literally “Hope”), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”), entered as a translation of the Ancient Greek word from ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”) with the same meaning. See also Ἐλπίς (Elpís, “Elpis”).

Proper noun

Nadia (plural Nadias)

1. A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century.

Etymology 2

A shortened version of the West Bengali heritage city of Nabadwip.

Proper noun

Nadia

1. A district of West Bengal, India.

Related terms

• Nadine (“French diminutive form of Nadia”)

Translations

female given name

Arabic: نَادْيَا f (nādyā), نَادْيَة f (nādya) Chinese: Mandarin: 娜迪亞 / 娜迪亚 (Nàdíyà) Czech: Naďa (cs) f Danish: Nadia c, Nadja c Finnish: Nadja (fi) French: Nadia (fr) f German: Nadia (de) f, Nadja (de) f Greek: Νάντια (el) f (Nántia) Hindi: नादिया (hi) f (nādiyā) Hungarian: Nádja (hu) Japanese: ナディア (ja) (Nadia) Korean: 나디아 (Nadia) Persian: نادیا (nâdiyâ) Polish: Nadia (pl) f Portuguese: Nádia (pt) f Russian: На́дя (ru) f (Nádja) (pet form only, short form for Надежда - Nadezhda) Swedish: Nadja (sv) c Tamil: நட்டீயா (naṭṭīyā) Ukrainian: Наді́я (uk) f pers (Nadíja), Надя f (Nadja)

Anagrams

• Adina, Aidan, Andai, Diana, IANAD, Ida'an, Naiad, naiad

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Nadia

Wikipedia ^da

Alternative forms

• Nadja

Proper noun

Nadia

1. a female given name from Russian of Russian origin
   • 2011, Line Kyed Knudsen, Stella 4 - Kæresten‎:

     Nadia rømmer sig.

     Nadia clears her throat.

   • 2014, Annie Mai Nielsen, Det fjerde skud‎:

     Nadia, der er sket noget forfærdeligt.

     Nadia, something terrible has happened.

   • 2015, Jeppe Krogsgaard Christensen, Indre by‎:

     Nadia beder om grøn te og beklager forsinkelsen.

     Nadia requests green tea and apologizes for the delay.

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Nadia

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from French Nadia, from Russian На́дя (Nádja), pet form of Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Hope”), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.di.aː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Na‧dia

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Nadia

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.dja/
• Hyphenation: Na‧dia

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name from Russian На́дя (Nádja)
2. a female given name from Arabic نَادِيَا (nādiyā)

Related terms

• Nadège
• Nadine

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Nadia

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (like Nadja) /ˈnat.ja/, /ˈna.dja/, (spelling- or Arabic-influenced also) /ˈna(ː).di.a/

Proper noun

Nadia f (proper noun, genitive Nadias or (with an article) Nadia)

1. a female given name of rare usage, a French-style variant of Nadja
   • 2004, Isabel Allende, translated by Svenja Becker, Die Abenteuer von Aguila und Jaguar‎:

     Diese sah Alex und Nadia aus ihren klugen und neugierigen Augen an.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2008, Christoph Stangl, Aidan und Nadia: Die Nebelschlucht‎:
   • 2013, Kjell Westö, translated by Paul Berf, Geh nicht einsam in die Nacht‎:

     Nadia und ihr Freundeskreis hatten sich im Verlauf des vergangenen Jahres radikalisiert, was man auch an ihrem Äußeren sah.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• Nadeschda, Nadjeschda
• Nadin, Nadine

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Nadia, either from Arabic نَادِيَا (nādiyā) or Russian На́дя (Nádja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): [ˈna.di.a]

Proper noun

Nadia

1. a female given name from French

   Nadia Omara, b. 1992

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Nadia

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian На́дя (Nádja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.dja/
• Rhymes: -adja
• Hyphenation: Nà‧dia

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name from Russian

Anagrams

• Diana, andai, danai

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Nadia

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian На́дя (Nádja). Doublet of Nadzieja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.dja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -adja
• Syllabification: Na‧dia

Proper noun

Nadia f

1. a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Nadia

Declension

Declension of Nadia

	singular	plural
nominative	Nadia	Nadie
genitive	Nadii	Nadii/Nadyj (archaic)
dative	Nadii	Nadiom
accusative	Nadię	Nadie
instrumental	Nadią	Nadiami
locative	Nadii	Nadiach
vocative	Nadio	Nadie

Further reading

• Nadia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nadia, from Russian На́дя (Nádja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnadja/ [ˈn̪aː.d͡ʒɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈnadja/ [ˈn̪ad̪.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -adja
• Syllabification: Nad‧ia

Proper noun

Nadia (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. a female given name from English