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Fanta
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fanta fanta-
English
180px|thumb|A can of Fanta.
Etymology 1
Marketing coinage, derived from en de Fantasie imagination, which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfæn.tə/ /ˈfɑn.tə/ /ˈfɒn.tə/ /ˈfeɪn.tə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fanta.wav Southern England
en /ˈfæɳʈaː/ South Asia
Proper noun
A brand of fruit-flavoured carbonated drink produced by the Coca-Cola Company.
en 1996 w:Neil Peart People on the Bus w:The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa Lawrencetown Beach, N.S. w:Pottersfield Press 1999 part 2 (Epiphanies and Apostasies) 179 https://archive.org/details/maskedridercycli0000pear/page/179/mode/1up 1-895900-02-6 An hour later we were stuffed with smoked fish, grilled maize-on-the-cob, barbecued beef, fried plantains, and Fanta.
en 2015 Cari Hunter No Good Reason Valley Falls, N.Y. Bold Strokes Books 9781626393523 232 https://archive.org/details/nogoodreason0000hunt/page/232/mode/1up?q=Fanta Meg eyed the five cubicles, each with its curtain drawn. “Which one is he in?” ¶ “Three. Once I’d treated him to a Mars and a bottle of Fanta, he seemed happy enough to wait.”
Derived terms
en Fanta cake
Translations
the brand of drink
Armenian: hy Ֆանտա
Belarusian: be фа́нта f
Bengali: bn ফান্টা
Bulgarian: bg фа́нта f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 芬達
Mandarin: cmn 芬達 Fēndá
Czech: cs Fanta m
Georgian: ka ფანტა
Japanese: ja ファンタ Fanta
Korean: ko ^환타
Macedonian: mk фанта f
Nepali: ne फ्यान्टा
Russian: ru фа́нта f
Spanish: es Fanta f
Thai: th แฟนต้า
Ukrainian: uk фа́нта f
Noun
A serving of this drink.
Etymology 2
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Two main origins:
Borrowed from en cs Fanta, from the phrase cs fantit cs se to go crazy, from cs fant crazy, eccentric person, probably borrowed from en de Fant dandy, inexperienced person.
Borrowed from en am ፋንታ.
Proper noun
s
en.
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
Etymology 3
From a en fantasia 1.
Noun
en Final Fantasy XIV FFXIV _ fandom slang The Fantasia potion, an in-game consumable for modifying player character appearance.
en 3 June 2022 AnimuCrossing ffxiv v46g8b ib4ahtp Fantas should be available in game for gil as well as dolladolla. https://web.archive.org/web/20220604052002/https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/v46g8b/comment/ib4ahtp/ 4 June 2022
en 20 March 2025 NativeGalAZ ffxiv 1jg2098 mivrdxo I recently used a Fanta on a character (my first time and was nervous about messing up!) but I was able to change her appearance 3 times within the hour limit they give you.
en 21 May 2026 XeNoGeaR52 ffxiv 1tjqbzk on3z8a0 I too have a Fanta addiction, I was 5 different races in the past 3 weeks, I might have an issue
Verb
Fantas Fantaing Fanta'd
en Final Fantasy XIV FFXIV _ fandom slang To modify a player character's appearance via a Fantasia potion.
en Fantasia
en 2 March 2023 Alsimni ffxiv 11fzogx jalx6n8 Fanta'd to Hroth from Lala after I finished 5.0, and I was over it by 5.2.
en 1 August 2025 lucichameleon ffxiv 1mfi2l4 n6hln0k I just have to decide what to fanta to when the time comes.
en 21 May 2026 SpeeeedBoooost ffxiv 1tjqbzk on4wqxw I don't think I'll be fantaing again anytime soon, unless I get a compulsion to change his eye colour again lol
Anagrams
en aafnt NAFTA Nafta
en surnames from Czech surnames from Amharic
en Japanese fiction Video games
Czech
cs:+ (příjmení)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an Fantová
cs m
Declension
m.an.surname
Further reading
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Japanese
Romanization
ファンタ
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
en Fanta beverage