Wanda

From Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɒndə/, /ˈwɔndə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒndə

Wanda

1. A female given name from Polish.
   • 1998, Barbara Neely, Blanche Cleans Up, Penguin, published 1999, →ISBN, page 12:

     "Speaking of names, you're the first white Wanda I ever met."
     Wanda peeled off two sweaters and a woolen scarf. " Well, you're the fifth or sixth colored I've had to tell that Wanda is an old Polish name I inherited from my Polish great-grandmother on me sweet dead mother's side;

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Wanda

1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.

• Ethnologue entry for Wanda, wbh ⁠

• Dawna

• IPA^(key): /ˈvan.da/

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Wan‧da

Wanda f

1. a female given name