Ada

See also ada, ADA, and āda

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

• Rhymes: -eɪdə

Proper noun

Ada

1. 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?

2. (computing) A programming language.

See also

• wikipedia:Ada programming language
• wikibooks:Ada Programming

Anagrams

• aad , AAD

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Czech

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.

Alternative forms

• Áďa

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Latin

Noun

Ādā

1. ablative singular of Ādam

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Norwegian

Etymology

Short for Germanic names beginning with Adel-, and also of Biblical Hebrew origin. Cognate with English Ada. Used as a given name in Norway since the 1850s.

Proper noun

Ada

1. (biblical) Adah.
2. A female given name.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1715 females with the given name Ada living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1762. Short form of names like Adela, and of biblical Hebrew origin. Cognate with English Ada.

Proper noun

Ada

1. (biblical) Adah
2. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån: 999 females with the given name Ada living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th 2011.