name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Latin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
nova
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈnəʊ.və/
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US: /ˈnoʊ.və/
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CMU ARPABET: N OW1 V AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of NoVA.
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Usage: alt-of
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name
Meaning 3
Acronym of Northern Virginia.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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name
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of NoVA (“North Virginia”).
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noun
Meaning 5
Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Ellipsis of classical nova
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
plural of novum
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Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 8
Smoked Nova Scotia salmon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
Initialism of notification of vehicle arrival.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 10
Acronym of neuro-oncological ventral antigen.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, genetics, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 11
a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
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Broader terms: star
History
Etymology
From Latin nova (“new”).
Abbreviation of Northern Virginia.
Blend of northern + VA (“Virginia”).
Feminine nominative singular of Latin novus (“new”). The feminine is used since stella (“star”) is feminine; thus nova is a shortening of nova stella (“new star”), first used in this sense in 1573 by Tycho Brahe.
Blend of novum + Latin -a. From the Latin -a suffix used as the plural suffix form for singular words ending with -um (an inflection of -us).
Clipping of Nova Scotia.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُسْتَعِر (mustaʕir) — sudden brightening of a star
- Bulgarian: нова звезда (nova zvezda) — sudden brightening of a star
- Chinese Mandarin: 新星 (xīnxīng) — sudden brightening of a star
- Esperanto: novao — sudden brightening of a star
- Finnish: nova — sudden brightening of a star
- French: nova — sudden brightening of a star
- Galician: nova — sudden brightening of a star
- German: Nova — sudden brightening of a star
- Greek: νόβα (nóva) — sudden brightening of a star
- Greek: καινοφανής (kainofanís) — sudden brightening of a star
- Greek: νεολαμπής (neolampís) — sudden brightening of a star
- Italian: nova — sudden brightening of a star
- Japanese: 新星 (shinsei) — sudden brightening of a star
- Korean: 신성 (sinseong) — sudden brightening of a star
- Persian: نواختر (now-axtar) — sudden brightening of a star
- Polish: nowa — sudden brightening of a star
- Portuguese: nova — sudden brightening of a star
- Romanian: novă — sudden brightening of a star
- Russian: но́вая звезда́ (nóvaja zvezdá) — sudden brightening of a star
- Russian: но́вая (nóvaja) — sudden brightening of a star
- Russian: но́ва (nóva) — sudden brightening of a star
- Slovene: nóva — sudden brightening of a star
- Spanish: nova — sudden brightening of a star
- Vietnamese: tân tinh — sudden brightening of a star