ava
/ˈeɪvə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.49 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
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A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.
name
A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.
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A locale in the United States.
name
A locale in the United States.
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A locale in the United States.
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A locale in the United States.
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A locale in the United States.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈeɪvə/
- British English: /ˈeɪvə/