Wanda is a female given name. Wanda may also refer to:

People

Wanda people The Wanda are a Bantu ethno-linguistic group based in Mbeya Region and southern Rukwa Region of Tanzania. The Wanda population was estimated to be 24,000 in 1987, having increased from 5,745 in 1931, 7,677 in 1948, and 9,477 in 1957. Language Th ...

, an ethnic group in Tanzania *For individual people named Wanda, see Wanda

Geography

Wanda, Illinois Wanda is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. ...

, United States * Wanda, Minnesota, United States * Wanda, Missouri, United States * Wanda, West Virginia, United States *

Wanda Township, Adams County, Nebraska Wanda Township is one of sixteen townships in Adams County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 133 at the 2020 census. See also *County government in Nebraska County government in Nebraska is organized in one of two models: *Township co ...

, United States * Wanda Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia * Wanda, Burkina Faso * Wanda, Argentina *

Wanda Mountains The Wanda Mountains () are located in the Heilongjiang Province of China. The forests on the mountains are home to many rare species of plants and fungi. Among these include: black fungus, zhenmo, and wei or cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea). ...

(完达山), in Mainland China * Wanda River (萬大溪), in Taiwan *

Wanda (crater) Wanda is a crater in the Akna Montes on Venus first mapped first by the Soviet Venera 15/16 mission in 1984. It was formed by the impact of an asteroid. The crater has a rugged central peak and a smooth radar-dark floor, probably volcanic mater ...

, a crater in the Akna Montes on Venus

Entertainment

* ''Wanda'' (magazine), a weekly literature magazine in Warsaw *

Wanda (band) Wanda is an Austrian indie pop band founded in Vienna in 2012. Their debut album ''Amore'' was released in October 2014 at Problembär Records and debuted at number 13 on the Austrian Albums Chart on 31 October 2014. Their single "Bologna" (w ...

, an Austrian indie pop band. * ''Wanda'' (film), a 1970 American film * ''

A Fish Called Wanda ''A Fish Called Wanda'' is a 1988 heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by Crichton and John Cleese. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. The film follows a gang of diamond thieves who double- ...

'', a 1988 British film * ''Wanda'', the fifth of

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following t ...

's 11 operas, based on a Polish legend * ''Wanda'', the title character of an 1883 novel by Ouida * "Handa Wanda", song by The Wild Magnolias (1970) * "Kinda Fonda Wanda" a song by Neil Young on his album '' Everybody's Rockin'''

Others

1057 Wanda 1057 Wanda, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 43 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Grigory Shajn at the Simeiz Observatory in 1925, and later name ...

, an asteroid *

Wanda Group Wanda Group (), or the Dalian Wanda Group (), is a Chinese multinational conglomerate founded in Dalian, Liaoning and headquartered in Beijing. It is a private property developer and owner of Wanda Cinemas and the Hoyts Group. With inve ...

(万达集团 / 大连万达), a Chinese conglomerate ** Wanda Media, a film company **

Dalian Wanda F.C. Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese Association football, football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's ...

(大连万达足球俱乐部), former name of Dalian Shide F.C., a football club in Dalian, Liaoning, China **

Wanda Metropolitano Metropolitano Stadium (Spanish: ''Estadio Metropolitano''), also referred to as Cívitas Metropolitano for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Madrid, Spain. It has been the home stadium of Atlético Madrid since the 2017–18 season. It is lo ...

, stadium of Atlético Madrid sponsored by Wanda Group * Wanda Films, a Spanish film distributing company *

Wanda Beach Murders The Wanda Beach Murders, sometimes referred to simply as "Wanda", is the case of the unsolved murders of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock at Wanda Beach near Cronulla in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 11 January 1965. The victims ...

, two unsolved Australian murders in 1965 * For tropical cyclones named Wanda, see List of storms named Wanda * For Wanda the first ever captive orca, see

List of captive orcas Orcas, or killer whales, are large predatory cetaceans that were first captured live and displayed in exhibitions in the 1960s. They soon became popular attractions at public aquariums and aquatic theme parks due to their intelligence, train ...