Anda
See also: anda, ANDA, andá, andà, andâ, aṇḍa, ända, ändå, ånda, āndá, Āndá, anda-, and -anda
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque Anda.
Proper noun
Anda (plural Andas)
- A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Anda is the 33450th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 682 individuals. Anda is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.25%) and White (26.69%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Anda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 37.
Anagrams
- A-DNA, Dana, NDAA, aDNA, dana, dāna, nada
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈanda]
Proper noun
Anda f
- A pet form of female given name Anna.
Further reading
- Anda in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Anda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Indonesian
Etymology
From -anda, from Classical Malay -اندا (-anda). Coined by Sarbini in 1957. Made popular by Rosihan Anwar in 1958.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anda/
- Rhymes: -da, -a
Pronoun
Anda
- (formal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours
Alternative forms
- anda
Synonyms
Indonesian formal second-person pronouns:
- mas (used for males)
- mbak (used for females)
- kakak (gender-neutral, intimate nuance)
- Anda, saudara (used for people of either gender of equal status)
- saudari (used for women of equal status)
- bapak (lit. "father"; used for men of higher status)
- ibu (lit. "mother"; used for women of higher status)
- sampeyan (Central & East Java, gender-neutral)
- panjenengan (Central Java, gender-neutral, very formal)
Related terms
- adinda
- ayahanda
- ayanda
- baginda
- ibunda
- kakanda
Descendants
- Malay: anda
Further reading
- “Anda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1927. From Andrejs (“Andrew”) or Amanda. Name of a character in the play Pūt, vējiņi (1913) by Rainis.
Proper noun
Anda f
- a female given name
Related terms
- Andra
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Anda was the only given name of 2966 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈanda/ [ˈãn̪.d̪a]
- Rhymes: -anda
- Syllabification: An‧da
Proper noun
Anda m or f by sense
- a surname from Basque