Vanda
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Sanskrit वन्दाक (vandāka), वन्दाका (vandākā, “Vanda tesselata”)
Proper noun
Vanda f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – prized for its flowers, considered to be the most highly evolved of all orchids.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Orchidaceae – family; Epidendroideae - subfamily; Vandeae - tribe; Aeridinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Vanda tesselata - type species; for other species see
Vanda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Vanda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Vanda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Vanda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Vanda at USDA Plants database
- Vanda at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Vanda at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Vanda at Tropicos
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vanda f
- a female given name
Declension
Proper noun
Vanda m anim (female equivalent Vandová)
- a male surname
Declension
Further reading
- “Vanda”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Polish Wanda.
Proper noun
Vanda f
- a female given name
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Vanda was the only given name of 1676 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Vanda f
- a female given name
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vanda f
- a female given name
Declension
Declension of Vanda (pattern žena)
Proper noun
Vanda m pers (female equivalent Vandová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Vanda (pattern hrdina)
Further reading
- “Vanda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Vanda c (genitive Vandas)
- a female given name
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Vanda n (genitive Vandas)