Stella

From Latin stella (“star”). In the sense of a sex tourist, refers to the 1998 romantic comedy film How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlə/

Stella

1. A female given name.
   • 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall,Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")

     What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star,

2. Stella Artois, a brand of beer; or a serving of such.

   I'm going to have a few Stellas tonight

   • 2006 Jamie Treays: Sheila (a song) :

     Sheila goes out with her mate Stella / It gets poured all over her fella

3. A town in South Africa.
4. A village in Missouri.
5. A village in Nebraska.
6. A town in Wisconsin.
7. (US, numismatics) A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century.

• Stella Maris

Stella (plural Stellas)

1. (Jamaica, slang, derogatory) A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist.

• (sex tourist): milk bottle

• all set, sallet

From Latin stella

Stella

1. A female given name.

Stella f

1. A female given name

Matronymics

• son of Stella: Stelluson
• daughter of Stella: Stelludóttir

From Latin stella

Stella

1. A female given name.

Ultimately from Latin stella (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛlːa

  Homophone: stella

Stella f

1. A female given name
2. A female nickname
3. (colloquial) Stella Artois beer

As a nickname, this name is frequently used for women with various unrelated and dissimilar given names.

From Latin stella.

Stella

1. A female given name.
2. A commune in Liguria.
3. A river that flows in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

From stēlla (“star”).

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsteːl.la/

Stēlla m (genitive Stēllae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Arruntius Stella, a Roman senator

First declension.

• Stella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

From Latin stella. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1857.

Stella c (genitive Stellas)

1. A female given name.