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Ada

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈeɪdə//

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A female given name from the Germanic languages.

    Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child! / Ada! Sole daughter of my house and heart?

  2. 2

    An object-oriented programming language extended from Pascal and other languages.

    If anything, Ada is actually fairly easy to learn. The syntax is so explicit, that it is much more difficult to misunderstand what the code is doing than in C/C++.

  3. 3

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.

  4. 4

    A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.

  5. 5

    A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Kent County, Michigan.

  6. 6

    A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Norman County, Minnesota.

  7. 7

    A number of places in the United States: A township in Dickey County, North Dakota.

  8. 8

    A number of places in the United States: A village in Hardin County, Ohio.

  9. 9

    A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.

  10. 10

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.

  11. 11

    A number of places in the United States: A township in Perkins County, South Dakota.

  12. 12

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.

  13. 13

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.

  14. 14

    A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.

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