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nounzada (plural zadas)
plural zadas
- alternativeAlternative spelling of zayde.
... Grandmother was a strong woman, bearing traces of the beauty she had once been, but it was Zada, Grandpa, who made the deepest impression on me.
1981, Susan Strasberg, Bitter Sweet1 more example
"Your father's parents. Zada and Babu." When I looked at her questioningly, Mom said, "It's Yiddish. For 'Grandpa' and 'Grandma.” She let my ignorance slide.
2025 January 7, Adam Ross, Playworld: A Novel, Knopf, →ISBN, page 375
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APA
zada. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zada
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“zada.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zada. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zada,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zada.
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