Save Gender Feminine Usage Theatre Pronounced Pron. vee-o-LAN-dra [key] Meaning & History Likely an elaboration of Violanda (a form of Violante) using the suffix andra (from names such as Alexandra and Cassandra). This was the name of a princess in the comedy Absurda Comica oder Herr Peter Squentz (1658) by Andreas Gryphius.
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