vanda

plural vandas

1. Any orchid of the genus Vanda.

   Synonyms: vanda orchid

1. A female given name, variant of Wanda.

   Vanda Louise McLean and David Kenneth Mahon were married at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jane Russell Presbyterian Church. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil J. McLean of 12 Mark Drive.

   1988 September 25, “[Weddings] McLean-Mahon”, in The Greenville News, final edition, Greenville, S.C.: Multimedia Inc., →OCLC, page 15E, column 3

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   The engagement of Miss Vanda Francesca Francese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Francese, to Thomas Hugh McGlade of Smiths Falls, Ont., and New York, son of Mrs. Michael McGlade of Smiths Falls and the late Mr. McGlade, has been announced by the prospective bride’s parents. Miss Francese is a graduate of Miss Hall’s School, Pittsfield, and is a senior at Connecticut College.

   1957 February 24, “Vanda Francese Will Be Married […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   The engagement of Vanda Kilpatrick and Gary Mason was announced at a garden buffet held at the Lake Wildwood home of Sue and Jim Vardon. The future bride is the daughter of Ruth B. Kilpatrick and William L. Kilpatrick, both of Lake Wildwood.

   2001 May 9, “Engagement: Kilpatrick-Mason”, in The Union, volume 136, number 176, Grass Valley, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C3, column 1