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aqua

noun
/ˈækwə/US/əˈkwɑ/

Etymology

From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.

  1. derived from aqua
  2. inherited from aqua — “water”

Definitions

  1. The compound water.

  2. A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.

    • Ms. Rockburne, with help from a team of artists, is working on a gargantuan mural of deep blues, shimmering aquas and luminous gold leaf that is headed for the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.

  3. Of a greenish-blue colour.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aqua. 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