Lada

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Lada (plural Ladas)

1. A female given name from Czech.
2. A surname.
3. an alleged Slavic goddess of love and beauty.
4. A make of car, produced by the Soviet/Russian automotive manufacturer AvtoVAZ; the car's name for the internal Soviet/Russian market is Zhiguli (Жигули́ (Žigulí)).

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lada”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 377.
• Forebears

• Adal, Alda, daal, dala

• IPA^(key): [ˈlada]

Lada f

1. a female given name
2. a male surname

• “Lada”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

From Middle Low German ledder, from Old Saxon hlēderi, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju.

Lada f (plural Ladren)

1. ladder

• Brauntlada (“fire ladder”)
• Stranklada (“rope ladder”)

From Middle Low German leder, from Old Saxon lethar, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr.

Lada n (plural Ladasch)

1. skin, leather

• Hut

Lada m (plural Ladas)

1. Lada (a Russian car model)

From lada, definite form of ladă.

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Lada f

1. a village in Tătărăștii de Jos, Teleorman County, Romania