Ada

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪdə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪdə

Proper noun[edit]

Ada

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. (computer languages) An object-oriented programming language extended from Pascal and other languages.
    • 2019, Andrew T. Shvets, Beginning Ada Programming: From Novice to Professional, Apress, →ISBN, page 11:
      If anything, Ada is actually fairly easy to learn. The syntax is so explicit, that it is much more difficult to misunderstand what the code is doing than in C/C++.
  3. A city, the county seat of Norman County, Minnesota, United States
  4. A city, the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Catalan[edit]

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Ada f

  1. a female given name

Czech[edit]

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Ada f

  1. a female given name and a nickname from women's names beginning with Ad-

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Ada m anim

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Adam

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Middle Dutch?”)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.daː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Ada

Proper noun[edit]

Ada f

  1. a female given name

Icelandic[edit]

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Ada f

  1. a female given name

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Latin[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Ādā

  1. ablative singular of Ādām

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Ada f (definite Ada)

  1. Adah (Biblical figure)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Ada

References[edit]

  • Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 3 857 females with the given name Ada living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 2020s. Accessed on 26th March, 2023.

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Germanic adal (noble).

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Ada f

  1. a female given name

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -adɐ
  • Hyphenation: A‧da

Proper noun[edit]

Ada f

  1. (biblical) Adah (wife of Lamech)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Ada

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈada/ [ˈa.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: A‧da

Proper noun[edit]

Ada f

  1. Adah (Biblical figure)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Ada

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Ada c (genitive Adas)

  1. Adah (Biblical figure)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Ada

References[edit]

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