Nova

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See also: NOVA, NoVA, nova, nová, nóva, and nòva

English

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Etymology 1

From Latin nova (“new”).

Proper noun

Nova

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • 1935, Berta Ruck, A Story-Teller Tells the Truth, Hutchinson, page 266:
      Did you notice the dog which in the winter sports scenes is clasped in the arms of the child-star, Nova Pilbeam?
    • 1951, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mercury Press, page 71:
      He murmurs to himself, "Her body is twenty-two, but she is in the infancy of a second life. I will call her Nova, the New One."

Etymology 2

Clipping of Nova Scotia.

Noun

Nova (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) Smoked Nova Scotia salmon.
Hypernyms

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of Northern Virginia.

Proper noun

Nova

  1. Alternative letter-case form of NoVA

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Nova

  1. plural of Novum

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Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from the town of Nova Milanese, in Lombardy.

Proper noun

Nova m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin nova (“new”) in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nova c (genitive Novas)

  1. a female given name of modern usage

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