Zelda

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English

Etymology

Shortened from Griselda.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Zelda (plural Zeldas)

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages

Proper noun

Zelda or Zelda (plural Zeldas)

  1. (video games) Short for Legend of Zelda.
    • 2003, Ken Ayers, letter to the editor, Play, July 2003, page 8:
      The Wind Waker is the best Zelda I’ve played since Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo.
    • 2008, Luke Cuddy, editor, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am, Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN:
      The blurring of distinctions between theory and evidence, between agent and tool, and between individual and group knowledge are seen in fan discussions about Zelda like they are in the practices of science.
    • 2017, Tim Wilkus, in "Big & little Reviews: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", Little Player: Video Game Magazine for Kids, May/June 2017, page 25:
      Unlike previous Zeldas, Breath of the Wild doesn't hold your hand.
    • 2018, The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, →ISBN:
      When developing Zelda games, director Hidemaro Fujibayashi thinks about the main hook of the game play before digging deeper into how it will out in combat or puzzles.
    • 2020, Gabe Durham, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, unnumbered page:
      For better or worse, Ocarina was the perfect fan service for kids and adults who'd spent years closing their eyes and imagining how cool a 3D Zelda was going to be.
    • 2021, Tim Summers, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: A Game Music Companion, Intellect, →ISBN:
      The small motifs that [Jason] Brame identifies are used in the Hyrule Field to provide a sonic connection to earlier Zelda games but primarily avoid direct quotation.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Zelda.

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Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Zelda m anim (female equivalent Zeldová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Zelda (masculine animate in -a)
singular plural
nominative Zelda Zeldové
genitive Zeldy Zeldů
dative Zeldovi Zeldům
accusative Zeldu Zeldy
vocative Zeldo Zeldové
locative Zeldovi Zeldech
instrumental Zeldou Zeldy

Further reading

  • “Zelda”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Zelda f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Zelda

Spanish

Noun

Zelda m (plural Zeldas)

  1. Alternative form of zelda (link, hyperlink, URL)

Walloon

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Zelda

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Zelda
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