Czech

Proper noun

Tanja f

1. A female given name, cognate to Táňa.

Declension

Danish

Proper noun

Tanja

1. A female given name of Russian origin popular in the 1970s and the 1980s, cognate to Tania.

Faroese

Proper noun

Tanja f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Tanja: Tanjuson
• daughter of Tanja: Tanjudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian Та́ня ‎(Tánja). Cognate to English Tania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɑnjɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnjɑ
• Hyphenation: Tan‧ja

Proper noun

Tanja

1. A female given name.

Declension

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Usage notes

• Popular in Finland in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Anagrams

• janat, tajan

German

Etymology

From Russian given name Tatiana, cognate to British Tania and American Tanya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanja/

Proper noun

Tanja

1. A female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tanja

1. A female given name, cognate to Tania, mostly used in the 1970s.

Swedish

Proper noun

Tanja

1. A female given name, cognate to Tania, mostly used in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Portuguese

Noun

tanja f (plural tanjas)

1. (regional, Maranhão, Piauí) mandarin orange

Synonyms

• (mandarin): tangerina (widespread form) plus several regional synonyms in Brazil:
  • bergamota, vergamota, mimosa (South Brazil)
  • laranja-cravo (Northeast Brazil)
  • laranja-mimosa, mandarina, mexerica (Center-West and Southeast Brazil)
  • poncã (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, South Brazil)

Verb

tanja

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tanger
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tanger
3. third-person singular imperative of tanger