Ada

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Proper noun 2.2 Alternative forms 3 Swedish 3.1 Proper noun

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdə

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Ada

Plural -

Ada

1. A female given name
2. (computing, programming languages) A programming language.

[edit] Quotations

• 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?

[edit] See also

• wikipedia:Ada programming language
• wikibooks:Ada Programming

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aad , AAD

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Proper noun

Ada

1. A female given name and a nickname from women's names beginning with Ad-.
2. A diminutive of Czech male given names beginning with Ad-, such as Adam.

[edit] Alternative forms

• Áďa

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Proper noun

Ada

1. (rare) A female given name