Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
Acronym of Accessible Rich Internet Applications.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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name
Acronym of Australian Recording Industry Association.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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name
Acronym of Advanced Research and Invention Agency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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name
region in modern-day Afghanistan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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name
A female given name from English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
an elaborate song for solo voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: song, vocal
Narrower terms: arietta, short aria
History
As a 21st century English name from TV and fantasy fiction, explained as "a musical aria". Similar sounding names exist in many languages, e.g. Ariah and Arie from Hebrew, Arya from Sanskrit, and Aria, Dutch short form of Adriana.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- Proto-Indo-European *h2ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āera Italian ariabor. English aria From Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of air.
Across languages
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
