Zanda

See also: zanda

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Zanda f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cacatuidae – black cockatoos.

English

Etymology

From Tibetan རྩ་མདའ (rtsa mda'), (Tibetan Pinyin: Zanda)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɑn.də/, /ˈzɑn.də/

Proper noun

Zanda

  1. A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
    • [1996 January, “Far-west Tibet”, in Gyurme Dorje, editor, Tibet Handbook: with Bhutan[1], Passport Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 425, column 1:
      Here at Manam Gonpa, there is an enormous complex of ruins which even now holds untold precious works of art, buried beneath the rubble. A further trek of 21 km will bring you to Toling, capital of Tsamda county, on the left bank of the Sutlej.]

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Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Sardinian zanda (field poppy).

Proper noun

Zanda m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Sardinian

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1946. Probably a variant of Sanda, from Sandra.

Proper noun

Zanda f

  1. a female given name

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [2] Population Register of Latvia: Zanda was the only given name of 1384 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.