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nova

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4
Pronunciation
/ˈnəʊ.və/(UK)
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/ˈnəʊ.və/(UK) · /ˈnoʊ.və/(US)

Definition of nova

10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
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noun

  1. Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of classical nova
  3. (form-of, plural)plural of novum
  4. (uncountable)Smoked Nova Scotia salmon.
  5. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of notification of vehicle arrival.
  6. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of neuro-oncological ventral antigen.

name

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    “Did you notice the dog which in the winter sports scenes is clasped in the arms of the child-star, Nova Pilbeam?”
    “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."”
  2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of NoVA.
  3. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Northern Virginia.
  4. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of NoVA (“North Virginia”).

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Etymology

Feminine nominative singular of Latin novus (“new”). The feminine is used since stella (“star”) is feminine; thus nova is a shortening of nova stella (“new star”), first used in this sense in 1573 by Tycho Brahe.

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