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Vanda

Vanda

See also: vanda, vända, and vånda

Translingual

Vanda roeblingiana

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.

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Hyponyms


Czech

Etymology

From Polish Wanda.

Proper noun

Vanda f

  1. A female given name.

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 5-7966-0278-0
  • Population Register of Latvia: Vanda was the only given name of 1676 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Slovak

Proper noun

Vanda f

  1. A female given name.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Polish Wanda

Proper noun

Vanda

  1. A female given name.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Vanda

  1. Vantaa

vanda

vanda

See also: Vanda, vända, and vånda

Icelandic

Verb

vanda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vandaði, supine vandað)

  1. to do something carefully, to take pains over something

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • vanda um (to admonish, to reprimand)
  • vanda til (to rebuke)
  • vanda ráð sitt (to lead an honest life)

Noun

vanda

  1. indefinite genitive plural of vöndur