Vanda

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

Vanda f

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

• (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

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

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

From Polish Wanda.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvanda]

Vanda f

1. a female given name

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

Vanda f

1. a female given name

• 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.

Vanda f

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈvanda/

Vanda f (genitive singular Vandy, nominative plural Vandy, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name

• Vanda in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Polish Wanda.

Vanda c (genitive Vandas)

1. a female given name

Vanda c (genitive Vandas)

1. Vantaa (a city in Finland)

• davna, vadan