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Vega

See also: vega and vegà

English

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Etymology 1

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From Medieval Latin, from Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”). The active participle وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) derives from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “fall, drop, tumble, alight, pounce”).

Proper noun

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Vega

  2. (astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
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Etymology 2

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From Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).

Proper noun

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Vega (countable and uncountable, plural Vegas)

  1. A surname from Spanish.
  2. A small city, the county seat of Oldham County, Texas, United States.

Noun

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Vega (plural Vegas)

  1. (historical) An automobile that was manufactured by Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation from 1970 to 1977.

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish Vega, from vega, from Old Spanish vayca, from Old Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”).

Proper noun

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Vega

  1. a surname from Spanish

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Vega.

Italian

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Etymology

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From Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.ɡa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Hyphenation: Vè‧ga

Proper noun

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Vega f

  1. Vega

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

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Vega

  1. An island on the coast of Nordland, Norway
  2. A municipality on the coast of Nordland, Norway, which includes some hundred islets and islands, the biggest of them are Ylvingen, Igerøy, Søla and Vega itself
  3. the star Vega

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Vega

  1. An island on the coast of Nordland, Norway
  2. A municipality on the coast of Nordland, Norway, which includes some hundred islets and islands, the biggest of them are Ylvingen, Igerøy, Søla and Vega itself
  3. the star Vega

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɡa/ [ˈbe.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Syllabification: Ve‧ga

Etymology 1

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From Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”).

Proper noun

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Vega ?

  1. (astronomy) Vega (the star in the constellation of Lyra)

Etymology 2

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From vega (“meadow”), from Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”). Related to Las Vegas (but these without surname sense).

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Vega m or f by sense

  1. a topographic surname
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