Ada
English
Etymology
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪdə/
- Rhymes: -eɪdə
Proper noun
Ada
- A female given name.
- 1818 George Gordon Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the third: I:
- Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child! / Ada! Sole daughter of my house and heart?
- 1818 George Gordon Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the third: I:
- (computing) A programming language.
- A city in and the county seat of Norman County, Minnesota, USA
- A city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA.
Derived terms
Further reading
Ada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ada programming language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
Czech
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Ada
- A female given name and a nickname from women's names beginning with Ad-.
- A diminutive of Czech male given names beginning with Ad-, such as Adam.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːta/
- Rhymes: -aːta
- Homophone: ata
Declension
declension of Ada
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Ada | Adan | Ödur | Ödurnar |
accusative | Ödu | Öduna | Ödur | Ödurnar |
dative | Ödu | Ödunni | Ödum | Ödunum |
genitive | Ödu | Ödunnar | Ada | Adanna |
Latin
Norwegian
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.da/
Audio (file)
Declension
Portuguese
Swedish
Etymology
First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1762. Short form of names like Adela, and of biblical Hebrew origin.
Proper noun
Ada c (genitive Adas)
- Adah (Biblical figure)
- A female given name, equivalent to English Ada.
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