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Wanda¹

  • /ˈwɑndə/ US
  • /ˈwɒndə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒndə

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  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;

Wanda²

  • /ˈwɑːndə/
  • /ˈwɒndə/

proper noun

  1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wenda, wendi, gwenda, wilma, vanna, willa, zandra, gwendolen, wynter, wendy, wava, wyndi, gwendoline, morwenna, wally, wishma

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"Wanda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wanda. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{wanda_2026,
  title = {Wanda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wanda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}