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Vania

Vania is the alternative spelling of Vanya.

Meaning of Vanya

Proper noun

Vanya

  1. A transliteration of the pet form of the Russian male given name from Russian or Ukrainian Ива́н (Iván), Іван (Ivan).
  2. A female given name
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  3. (ethnic, slur) A Russian.
    • Vanya had a drunken brawl with his friends at 3am.

Questions about Vania

What is Vania the alternative spelling of?
Vania is the alternative spelling of Vanya.

Words near Vania in the dictionary

  1. Vanhorns
  2. Vanhouten
  3. Vanhoy
  4. Vanhoys
  5. vani
  6. Vania
  7. Vanier
  8. Vaniers
  9. Vanikolo
  10. vanikorid
  11. vanikorids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Vania (page history and authors); Vanya (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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