wanta

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proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

wanta1

contraction

alternative wanna

  1. contractionpronunciation spellingEye dialect spelling of want to.

    “We don’t wanta. Come on aid us. It might be night time when de water hem you up in heah. Dat’s how come Ah won’t stay. Come on, man.”

    1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 163

Wanta2

proper nounWanta (plural Wantas)

plural Wantas

  1. A surname.

Origin

Written form of a reduction of want to, used informally in most English dialects.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

AtwanWanatTwana
Cite this entry
APA

wanta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wanta

MLA

“wanta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wanta. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wanta,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wanta.

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