Vega

See also: vega and vegà

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveɪɡə/
  • Homophone: vega

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin, from Arabic وَاقِع‎ (wāqiʿ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع‎ (an-nasr al-wāqiʿ, “falling eagle”). The active participle وَاقِع‎ (wāqiʿ) derives from the verb َوَقَع‎ (awaqaʿ, “fall, drop, tumble, alight, pounce”).

Proper noun

Vega

  1. (astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”), which see for more information.

Proper noun

Vega (countable and uncountable, plural Vegas)

  1. A surname​.
  2. a small city in Texas, USA, and the county seat of Oldham County.

Noun

Vega (plural Vegas)

  1. An automobile that was manufactured by Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation from 1970 to 1977.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ve‧ga

Proper noun

Vega

  1. a surname

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic وَاقِع‎ (wāqiʿ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع‎ (an-nasr al-wāqiʿ, “falling eagle”).

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Proper noun

Vega f

  1. Vega

Norwegian

Proper noun

Vega

  1. A municipality in Nordland, Norway

Spanish

Proper noun

Vega ?

  1. A topographic surname​ derived from vega (“meadow”)
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