Wanda
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A female given name from Polish.
""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;"
- 2 A Bantu language of Tanzania.
Example
More examples""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;"
Etymology
From Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.
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