From Italian soda.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsəʊdə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsoʊdə/

soda

1. (uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda).
2. (uncountable) Sodium carbonate (usually washing soda).
3. (uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
4. (uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC ↗:

     A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
        ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’

5. (chiefly, US, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
6. (chiefly, US, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.
7. (card games) The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.

• (drink, glass of this drink) carbonated drink, fizzy drink, fizz (UK), (fizzy) pop (Northern US, Canada, UK), soda pop (US), soft drink, coke (Southern US), tonic (Massachusetts) lemonade (Australia), ginger (Scotland), thirst-buster (colloquial)

• French: carbonate de soude, soude
• German: Soda
• Italian: soda, carbonato di sodio
• Portuguese: soda cáustica
• Russian: со́да
• Spanish: sosa, soda

• French: eau pétillante
• German: Sprudel, saurer Sprudel, Soda, Sprudelwasser
• Italian: soda, seltz
• Portuguese: soda
• Russian: со́довая вода́
• Spanish: soda

• French: boisson gazeuse, soda, liqueur (Canada)
• German: Limonade, Brause, süßer Sprudel
• Italian: bibita, bevanda gassata
• Portuguese: refrigerante, refri, refresco, soda
• Russian: газиро́вка
• Spanish: gaseosa, bebida, soda (Chile), refresco (Bolivia), (Eastern Bolivia) soda, agua (Guatemala), (Spain) casera, (Mexico) chesco, (Ecuador) cola, (Venezuela) fresco

From nl. soda, from Italian soda.

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae.

• Salsola sect. Soda

Borrowed from Japanese 宗田.

1. Surname.