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Wakanda

Wakanda proper noun: the supreme being or Great Spirit of the Osage, Omaha, Caddo and Ponca peoples of North America.

Proper noun (1)

Wakanda

  1. The supreme being or Great Spirit of the Osage, Omaha, Caddo and Ponca peoples of North America.
    • Near-synonym: Wakan Tanka (in Lakota spirituality)
    Synonyms:
    Wakan Tanka

Proper noun (2)

Wakanda

  1. (humorous) Nickname for Waconda, Wakonda, and Wauconda: a number of places in the United States.

Synonyms of Wakanda

Forms of Wakanda

alternative formWaconda
alternative formWakonda
alternative formWauconda
alternative formWakan Tanka

Origin of Wakanda

From a Native American language; most likely borrowed from Omaha-Ponca, Chiwere, Kansa, or Osage Wakanda.

Humorous misspelling becoming a nickname, blending the spelling for the fictional country from the Marvel Comics with the Native American terms.

Questions about Wakanda

What does Wakanda mean?
Wakanda means the supreme being or Great Spirit of the Osage, Omaha, Caddo and Ponca peoples of North America.
What part of speech is Wakanda?
Wakanda is a proper noun.

Words near Wakanda in the dictionary

  1. wakamezake
  2. wakan
  3. Wakan Tanka
  4. Wakan Thanka
  5. Wakana
  6. Wakanda
  7. Wakandan
  8. Wakarusa
  9. wakas
  10. wakasagi
  11. Wakashan

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