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ava
/ˈeɪvə/
name 7noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
beautiful, colorful, dry, melted, oldest
VERB + AVA
named
AVA + NOUN
bananas, chocolate, cordero, hog, marathon, sandcastle, tv
PREP.
in
Definitions
name
1
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.
2
A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.
3
A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.
4
A locale in the United States.
5
A locale in the United States.
name
1
An abandoned city in central Burma, formerly the capital of the country.
2
A town in New York, United States; named for the Kingdom of Ava.
noun
1
Alternative form of kava.
In the Tonga Islands , the ava root, when dry, is split up into small pieces with an axe or other sharp instrument
[…] the schooners plying up the coast for wood and ava and bananas.
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Ava Haynes, the oldest daughter, was a warm friend of Lillie Calhoun, whom she soon sought and led quickly into the conservatory.
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
In the Tonga Islands , the ava root, when dry, is split up into small pieces with an axe or other sharp instrument
Wiktionary04
[…] the schooners plying up the coast for wood and ava and bananas.
Wiktionary05
Ava read a thrilling mystery novel.
Tatoeba · #1208271106
Ava built a sandcastle at the beach.
Tatoeba · #12082728Usage Notes
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