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Vanya

name, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A transliteration of the pet form of the Russian male given name from Russian or Ukrainian Ива́н (Iván), Іван (Ivan).
  2. 2
    A female given name

    "Aditi introduced him to Vanya, her five-year-old daughter. He could not meet her yesterday as she had gone for her drawing classes at that time. Vanya, dropping the crayons that she was busy coloring with, looked up at him and[…]"

  3. 3
    A Russian. slang

    "Vanya had a drunken brawl with his friends at 3am."

Etymology

Romanization of Russian and Ukrainian Ва́ня (Vánja, “Johnny”), a diminutive of Ива́н (Iván), Іван (Ivan, “John”)

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