Zanda

See also: zanda

Translingual

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.]
    • 2022 July 20, Laura Zhou, “China-India border: Beijing’s new highway plans near disputed territory expected to spark concern in Delhi”, in South China Morning Post[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 July 2022, China/Diplomacy‎[3]:
      It will also go through Burang county between Tibet, Nepal and India as well as Zanda county in Ngari prefecture, parts of which are held by India.

Synonyms

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Sardinian zanda (field poppy).

Proper noun

Zanda m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Sardinian

Further reading

Anagrams

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
  • [4] Population Register of Latvia: Zanda was the only given name of 1384 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.