Fanta

== English == === Etymology 1 === Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfæn.tə/, /ˈfɑn.tə/, /ˈfɒn.tə/, /ˈfeɪn.tə/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈfæɳʈaː/ ==== Proper noun ==== Fanta A brand of fruit-flavoured carbonated drink produced by the Coca-Cola Company. ===== Derived terms ===== Fanta cake ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Fanta (plural Fantas) A serving of this drink. === Etymology 2 === Two main origins: Borrowed from Czech Fanta, from the phrase fantit se (“to go crazy”), from fant (“crazy, eccentric person”), probably borrowed from German Fant (“dandy, inexperienced person”). Borrowed from Amharic ፋንታ (fanta). ==== Proper noun ==== Fanta (plural Fantas) A surname. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Fanta is the 37544th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Fanta is most common among White (66.78%) and Black/African American (29.01%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fanta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 550. === Anagrams === NAFTA, Nafta == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfanta] === Proper noun === Fanta m anim (female equivalent Fantová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Fanta”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) Beneš, Josef (2020), Německá příjmení u Čechů [German Surnames of Czechs] (in Czech), Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 116 == Japanese == === Romanization === Fanta Rōmaji transcription of ファンタ