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Yolanda

Yolanda proper noun: a female given name from Spanish.

Proper noun

Yolanda

  1. A female given name from Spanish.
    • I chose the name Yolanda Denise, but my husband had reservations about it. He questioned whether people would call her Yolanda or mispronounce the name. He was right. Her name is so frequently mispronounced that it bothers her. There is a tendency among middle-class Negroes to give their children...1969, Coretta Scott King, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, page 107

Origin of Yolanda

From Spanish Yolanda, the form of a medieval royal name of obscure, probably Germanic, origin. It has been identified with Latin Violante and with Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). Doublet of Yolande.

Questions about Yolanda

What does Yolanda mean?
Yolanda means a female given name from Spanish.
What part of speech is Yolanda?
Yolanda is a proper noun.

Words near Yolanda in the dictionary

  1. Yokutsan
  2. yoky
  3. yola
  4. Yola North
  5. Yola South
  6. Yolanda
  7. Yolande
  8. yold
  9. yolden
  10. yoldiid
  11. yoldiids

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