stella
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stelo; related to aster and star.
- borrowed from stēlla
Definitions
A star-shaped structure.
Alternative letter-case form of Stella.
A female given name from Latin.
- What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star,
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Ellipsis of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
- Sheila goes out with her mate Stella / It gets poured all over her fella
A town in South Africa.
A village in Missouri.
A village in Nebraska.
A town in Wisconsin.
A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid…
A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1763).
A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th…
A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century.
A serving of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
- I'm going to have a few Stellas tonight.
A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist
A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist; named after the protagonist of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).
- They often come thinking that Jamaican women are not going to like them, because they have heard from others in the United States that Jamaican women have a bad attitude and are upset that these “Stellas” are taking all of their men.
The neighborhood
- neighborconstellate
- neighborconstellation
- neighborconstellatory
- neighborEstella
- neighborEstelle
- neighborEstrella
- neighborStella
- neighborstella octangula
- neighborstellion
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for stella. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA