Magda
Eastern European nickname
Magda is a given name, a shortened form of Magdalena or Magdalene.
It appears across Central and Eastern European cultures—German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian.
The name ultimately traces to Mary Magdalene of the Bible: Magda was my grandmother's name.
Smooth to a shine
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- MariaCommon feminine given name
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
Catholic · feminine · nameday · Eastern European · Hungarian · German · Czech · Romanian
Common feminine name
- saintCanonized holy person
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- apostleMessenger for a cause
penitent · witness · resurrection · gospel · devotion · veneration · feast day · iconography
Third Reich propaganda minister
- historicalOf documented times
- GermanCentral European language
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- NaziGerman fascist party member
propaganda · infamy · Berlin · World War II · Holocaust · notorious · history · twentieth century
Polish
Smooth to a shine
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- MariaCommon feminine given name
Slavic · Catholic · feminine · nameday · Eastern European · Hungarian · German · Czech · Romanian · baptismal
Mary
Common feminine name
apostle · penitent · witness · resurrection · gospel · devotion · veneration · feast day · iconography · patron
Goebbels
Third Reich propaganda minister
- historicalOf documented times
- GermanCentral European language
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
Nazi · propaganda · infamy · Berlin · World War II · Holocaust · notorious · history · twentieth century · Reich
character
Nature, symbol, or role
- novelNew and unusual
- fictionImagined narrative work
- protagonistStory's central figure
European · storyline · narrative · heroine · drama · tragic · romantic · classic · author · portrayal
- Mary MagdaleneFemale disciple, early witness
- Saint Mary MagdaleneReformed follower, tomb witness