Mandela

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Mandela

  • /mænˈdɛlə/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Xhosa Mandela.

proper noun

  1. A surname from Xhosa, notably borne by Nelson Mandela. Our common room, thanks to a morally rectitudinous constitutional change some time previously, was known as the Nelson Mandela Room.

verb Mandelas · Mandelaing · Mandelaed

  1. To experience the Mandela effect.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mandala, mandi, mandy, nelson, mand, nganga, mands, ramaphosa, mandel, zuma, mutti, molenda, mugabe, manderson, ndala, mandell

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한국어만델라 Mandella
日本語マンデラ
中文曼德拉 Màndélā
हिन्दीमंडेला maṇḍelā
PortuguêsMandela
DeutschMandela
ΕλληνικάΜαντέλα Mantéla
РусскийМанде́ла Mandɛ́la
العربيةمَانْدِيلَا mandēlā
עבריתמנדלה mandela

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MLA

"Mandela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mandela. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Mandela. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mandela

Chicago

"Mandela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mandela.

BibTeX
@misc{mandela_2026,
  title = {Mandela},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mandela},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}