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Definition: Panda |
PandaNoun1. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae. 2. Reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Panda is the name for two members of the bear family:
The Giant Panda in particular is a favorite animal in popular culture.
- Giant Panda, the "classic" black and white panda.
- Red Panda.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Panda."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PANDA | English | Prestel Advanced Network Design Architecture | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PandaSynonyms: bear cat (n), cat bear (n), coon bear (n), giant panda (n), lesser panda (n), panda bear (n), red panda (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Panda |
| English words defined with "panda": Wah. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Panda" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (Panda), Czech (panda), French (panda), German (panda), Indonesian (panda), Italian (panda), Portuguese (panda), Serbo-Croatian (panda), Spanish (panda), Swahili (fork), Swedish (panda), Turkish (panda). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn't screw to save its species (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) How come every time a panda bear come in here, you gotta go flappin' your jaw (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi) That makes me a saaaaaaaaad panda. (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi) | |
Clever | Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Panda kopanda amefuri saakasu no maki (1973) 100 Pigmies and Andy Panda (1940) Andy Panda Goes Fishing (1940) Life Begins for Andy Panda (1939) The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
References | |
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Theater & Movies | |
High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| "Red Panda" by Steve Mackins Commentary: "Red Panda - taken at Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland." | "Nap time" by Michelle Kwajafa Commentary: "A well fed panda bear naps in the national zoo in washington dc." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | France | In June 2000, the Court of Cassation upheld a lower court order, and the statue was demolished on September 6. In April the press reported that software produced by Panda International was authored by a Scientologist. (references) |
Economic History | Nepal | The first fully private power development project--the $100 million, 36 MW Upper Bhote Koshi Project by two U.S. firms, Harza Engineering and Panda Energy--started commercial production in January 2001. In prospect are the 750 MW West Seti Project, which is being developed by an Australian syndicate, and projects at the Pancheshwore and Karnali-Chisapani sites. (references) |
Minorities | France | Panda claimed that critical statements by government officials in press articles that linked the product to Scientology have caused a significant loss of business. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Panda" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 72.44% of the time. "Panda" is used about 127 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 72.44% | 92 | 34,282 |
| Noun (proper) | 27.56% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Total | 100.00% | 127 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "panda" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Panda | Last name | 130 | 61,338 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| China | Nanjing Panda Electronics Company Limited | USA | The Panda Project, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "panda": giant panda ♦ lesser panda ♦ panda bear ♦ panda car ♦ panda crossing ♦ red panda. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "panda": panda-branded, panda-briefs, panda-loving. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
panda | 5,181 | panda anti virus titanium | 62 |
panda anti virus | 1,380 | panda titanium | 54 |
panda bear | 992 | bear find giant panda picture | 53 |
stuffed panda | 796 | contraseña panda serial titanium | 53 |
panda express | 411 | panda anti virus software | 53 |
giant panda | 408 | mail panda | 50 |
panda coin | 307 | active panda scan | 49 |
red panda | 281 | panda porn | 49 |
panda picture | 253 | fiat panda | 48 |
panda software | 248 | baby panda | 47 |
panda t shirt | 209 | giant panda picture | 45 |
tare panda | 199 | panda virus scan | 45 |
panda toy | 152 | panda photo | 40 |
panda travel | 136 | anti free panda virus | 37 |
panda bear picture | 106 | panda picture red | 36 |
oso panda | 99 | panda anti virus platinum | 35 |
panda virus | 86 | panda pic | 33 |
panda cam | 81 | panda picture tare | 32 |
bear giant panda picture | 69 | giant panda bear | 32 |
sylvia panda | 67 | endangered panda | 32 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "panda"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | panda. (various references) | |
Arabic | دب التيبي, بندة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | панда. (various references) | |
Chinese | 熊貓 , 熊猫. (various references) | |
Czech | panda. (various references) | |
Danish | lille panda (lesser panda, red panda). (various references) | |
Dutch | reuzenpanda (giant panda), kleine panda (lesser panda, red panda), bamboebeer (giant panda). (various references) | |
Farsi | مورچه خوارفلس دارهیمالیا(ج.ش.). (various references) | |
French | panda. (various references) | |
German | Panda. (various references) | |
Greek | αρκτοειδέσ ζώο τησ ασίασ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | pandamackó, macskamedve. (various references) | |
Indonesian | panda. (various references) | |
Italian | panda. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | パンジー色 (briefs, brochure, deep violet, most people, paint, pampas, pamphlet, pan-focus, pantalon, pantheon, panties, pantograph, pantomime, pantothenic, pantry, pantskirt, panty, panty girdle, panty hose, panty skirt, panty stocking, pantyhose, PCS, pumping, pumpkin, pumps, punch, punch card, punch permanent, punch-card system, punt kick, showing underwear, underpants, whore). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | パンダ . (various references) | |
Manx | maghouin Sheenagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andapay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | panda-rutilante, panda, urso-gato. (various references) | |
Romanian | pandã, panda gogant. (various references) | |
Russian | панда. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | panda. (various references) | |
Spanish | panda. (various references) | |
Swedish | panda, jättepanda. (various references) | |
Thai | หมีแพนด้า (giant panda). (various references) | |
Turkish | panda. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | панда (bear-cat). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "panda": pandani, pandanus, pandanuses, pandas. (additional references) | |
Words containing "panda": expandabilities, expandability, expandable. (additional references) | |
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"Panda" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anda, Janda, Jandu, Kpandja, nanda, pada, Padam, pado, padu, Panada, Panafu, Panaji, Panau, Panax, panay, pand, pandae, Pandar, Pande, pandea, Pandey, Pandim, Pando, Pandov, pandp, pandy, panea, panial, panja, panna, Pannai, Panneau, Pansa, Pantea, Pantja, pardi, parna, Pasdar, Paudi, Paudrat, Pegnado, pendal, pendejo, Pendi, Pendik, Pendo, Peneda, Phaedra, Pindaya, Pindi, Pladda, Pnda, ponde, prand, Puanga, puda, punda, Pundijl, pxana. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "panda" (pronounced pa"ndu) |
| 4 | -a" n d u | memoranda, propaganda, veranda. |
| 3 | -n d u | agenda, anaconda, Golconda, hacienda, Honda, referenda, rotunda. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-n-p" | |
-1 letter: nada. | |
-2 letters: ana, and, dap, nap, pad, pan. | |
-3 letters: aa, ad, an, na, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-n-p" | |
+1 letter: padnag, panada, pandas. | |
+2 letters: dalapon, daphnia, deadpan, grandpa, hardpan, padnags, paladin, panadas, pandani, pandora, pandura, pintada. | |
+3 letters: adapting, adaption, aphidian, dalapons, daphnias, deadpans, diapason, empanada, grandpas, handicap, hardpans, japanned, napalmed, pagandom, paladins, pancaked, pandanus, pandoras, panduras, parading, paranoid, parkland, parlando, passband, pintadas, playland, prandial, sandsoap, standpat, tapenade. | |
+4 letters: adaptions, ampersand, antipodal, aphidians, appendage, appendant, captained, catnapped, decapodan, diapasons, empanadas, esplanade, handclasp, handicaps, japanized, landscape, launchpad, leadplant, pagandoms, paganised, paganized, paginated, panhandle, panjandra, paragoned, paranoids, parklands, passbands, patinated, planeload, playlands, sandpaper, sandsoaps, spaceband, swampland, tapenades, trapanned, unadapted. | |
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