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

• 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.

Anagrams

• aad, AAD

External links

• Ada programming language on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia:Ada programming language

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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.