Ava

Etymology

Definitions

1. 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. 2

   A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.

3. 3

   A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain…

   A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.

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   1. 4

      A locale in the United States.

   2. 5

      An abandoned city in central Burma, formerly the capital of the country.

   3. 6

      A town in New York, United States

      A town in New York, United States; named for the Kingdom of Ava.

   4. 7

      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.
   5. 8

      Initialism of American Viticultural Area

      Initialism of American Viticultural Area: a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States, providing an official appellation for the mutual benefit of wineries and consumers.

   6. 9

      Initialism of arteriovenous anastomosis.

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