How can I start clean with Contacts?

My iPad3 died under warranty and was replaced with an iPad4. Before I had a chance to really use it, I loaned it to my wife to take on a business trip, supposedly just to access her webmail, Facebook, and maybe take a few photos. Somehow, she managed to import 300+ contacts - seemingly from her Android phone, but maybe from Facebook... she has a lot in both places.
I discovered the problem when trying to share a video on my own Facebook timeline. I was logged in to Facebook in Safari, but the video wouldn't upload via the Facebook UI (I don't use the FB app because it has 10 times more ads). So I shared the video to FB direct from iPad Photos, it shared to her timeline, not mine.
When I go into iPad Contacts and look at her contact record, it says "Me" beside it. Somehow she did something so that iPad Contacts thinks the iPad is hers.
I want to clean out ALL contacts in the iPad and start over. But I don't want to just go to a new iPad and wipe out everything I added before I discovered this problem... apps, etc. And I don't want to try syncing with my MacBook to get my own 50--60 contacts until I understand what will happen. I don't want her 300+ contacts ending up on the Mac! This iPad has never been synced with the Mac, so I can't just take it back to a previous sync.
Advice much appreciated!

Hey rubanjoguy,
Thanks for the question and detailed information. It indeed sounds like these 300+ contacts may be from your Wife’s FaceBook account. When you setup a FaceBook account on your device, you have the option of syncing contacts. To disable this, see the following:
iOS: Using Facebook, Twitter, and other social network accounts
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5500
Sync contacts and calendars
iOS can sync your Facebook contacts and calendars with your device. This feature is off by default, but you can enable it in Settings > Facebook after adding your account.
Thanks,
Matt M.

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