Vanda

See also: vanda, vända, and vånda

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Sanskrit वन्दाक (vandāka), वन्दाका (vandākā, “Vanda tesselata”)

Proper noun

Vanda f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – prized for its flowers, considered to be the most highly evolved of all orchids.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Orchidaceae – family; Epidendroideae - subfamily; Vandeae - tribe; Aeridinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vanda tesselata - type species; for other species see Vanda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Vanda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vanda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Vanda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Vanda at USDA Plants database
• Vanda at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Vanda at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Vanda at Tropicos

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Vanda

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Wanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvanda]

Proper noun

Vanda f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Vanda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Vanda	Vandy
genitive	Vandy	Vand
dative	Vandě	Vandám
accusative	Vandu	Vandy
vocative	Vando	Vandy
locative	Vandě	Vandách
instrumental	Vandou	Vandami

Proper noun

Vanda m anim (female equivalent Vandová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Vanda (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Vanda	Vandové
genitive	Vandy	Vandů
dative	Vandovi	Vandům
accusative	Vandu	Vandy
vocative	Vando	Vandové
locative	Vandovi	Vandech
instrumental	Vandou	Vandy

Further reading

• “Vanda”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Polish Wanda.

Proper noun

Vanda f

1. a female given name

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Vanda was the only given name of 1676 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Vanda f

1. a female given name

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Vanda

Wikipedia ^sk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvanda/

Proper noun

Vanda f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Vanda
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	Vanda	Vandy
genitive	Vandy	Vánd
dative	Vande	Vandám
accusative	Vandu	Vandy
locative	Vande	Vandách
instrumental	Vandou	Vandami

Proper noun

Vanda m pers (female equivalent Vandová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Vanda
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Vanda	Vandovia	Vandovci
genitive	Vandu	Vandov	Vandovcov
dative	Vandovi	Vandom	Vandovcom
accusative	Vandu	Vandov	Vandovcov
locative	Vandovi	Vandoch	Vandovcoch
instrumental	Vandom	Vandami	Vandovcami

Further reading

• “Vanda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vanːda/

Etymology 1

From Polish Wanda.

Proper noun

Vanda c (genitive Vandas)

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Vanda n (genitive Vandas)

1. Vantaa (a city in Finland)

Anagrams

• davna, vadan