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deva

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdeɪvə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪvə
  • CMU ARPABET: D EY1 V AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian Deva.

Transliteration of Sanskrit देव (deva, “deity, god”). Doublet of daeva.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Diemrich — city in Romania
  • German: Schlossberg — city in Romania
  • German: Denburg — city in Romania
  • Hindi: देवा (devā) — city in Romania
  • Hungarian: Déva — city in Romania
  • Latin: Sargetia — city in Romania
  • Romanian: Deva — city in Romania
  • Turkish: Deve — city in Romania
  • Turkish: Devevar — city in Romania
  • Ukrainian: Дева (Deva) — city in Romania
  • Bengali: দেব (deb) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Chinese Cantonese: 天 (tin1) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天 (tiān) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 提婆 (típó) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天人 (tiānrén) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天眾 /天众 — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天部 — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天神 (tiānshén) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Wu Chinese: 天 — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Hindi: देव (dev) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Japanese: 天 (ten) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Japanese: 天部 (tenbu) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Japanese: 天人 (tennin) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Korean: 천 (cheon) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Marathi: देव (dev) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Sanskrit: देव (deva) — a Hindu or Buddhist deity
  • Vietnamese: thiên — a Hindu or Buddhist deity