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Vanya

Vanya proper noun: a transliteration of the pet form of the Russian male given name from Russian or Ukrainian Ива́н (Iván), Іван (Ivan).

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
    • Aditi introduced him to Vanya, her five-year-old daughter. He could not meet her yesterday as she had gone for her drawing classes at that time. Vanya, dropping the crayons that she was busy coloring with, looked up at him and[…]2018 October 12, THE UNPLANNED, Onlinegatha, →ISBN, page 136
    • Nia looked at Vanya, her brown eyes searching her sister-in-law's face.2020 October 24, Milla Holt, Lessons Learned in Love, Reinbok Limited, →ISBN
  3. (ethnic, slur) A Russian.
    • Vanya had a drunken brawl with his friends at 3am.

Synonyms of Vanya

Forms of Vanya

alternative formVania

Origin of Vanya

Romanization of Russian and Ukrainian Ва́ня (Vánja, “Johnny”), a diminutive of Ива́н (Iván), Іван (Ivan, “John”)

Questions about Vanya

What does Vanya mean?
Vanya means a transliteration of the pet form of the Russian male given name from Russian or Ukrainian Ива́н (Iván), Іван (Ivan).
What part of speech is Vanya?
Vanya is a proper noun.

Words near Vanya in the dictionary

  1. Vanwinkles
  2. Vanwormer
  3. Vanwormers
  4. Vanwyk
  5. Vanwyks
  6. Vanya
  7. Vanyo
  8. Vanyos
  9. vanzacaftor
  10. Vanzandt
  11. Vanzandts

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