Ada

See also: ada, ADA, āda, ādā, aða, -ada, A.D.A., and A. D. A.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪdə/
• 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.

Derived terms

• Ada County

Anagrams

• aad, AAD

Further reading

• Ada programming language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈa.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.da/

Proper noun

Ada f

1. A female given name

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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. Adah (Biblical figure)
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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Portuguese

Proper noun

Ada f

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

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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. Adah (Biblical figure)
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.