Ava
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈeɪvə//
- //ˈɑːvə//
A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
proper noun
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A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
Ava Haynes, the oldest daughter, was a warm friend of Lillie Calhoun, whom she soon sought and led quickly into the conservatory.
My mother named me Ava because she liked how the English letters looked - the big A a beak pointed upward, the v a sharp slash of wings, the small a round and flat as a parrot's eye.
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A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.
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A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.
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A locale in the United States. A city in Illinois.
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A locale in the United States. A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Missouri.
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A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Alabama.
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A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
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A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Ohio.
proper noun
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historicalAn abandoned city in central Burma, formerly the capital of the country.
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A town in New York, United States; named for the Kingdom of Ava.
Etymology
From Portuguese, from the Upper Burmese pronunciation of အင်းဝ (ang:wa. /ăwá/).
Ava · A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
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