Ada
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ada"
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/
Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪdə
Proper noun
Ada
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- 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?
- 1818 George Gordon Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the third: I:
- (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++.
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- A city, the county seat of Norman County, Minnesota, United States
- A city, the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States.
Derived terms
- Ada County
Further reading
- Ada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ada (programming language) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- AAD, aad
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈa.də/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈa.da/
Proper noun
Ada f
- a female given name
Czech
Alternative forms
- Áďa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈada]
Proper noun
Ada
- a female given name and a nickname from women's names beginning with Ad-
- A diminutive of Czech male given names beginning with Ad-, such as Adam.
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Middle Dutch?”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː.daː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ada
Proper noun
Ada f
- a female given name
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːta/
- Rhymes: -aːta
- Homophone: ata
Proper noun
Ada f
- a female given name
Declension
declension of Ada
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Ada | Adan | Ödur | Ödurnar |
accusative | Ödu | Öduna | Ödur | Ödurnar |
dative | Ödu | Ödunni | Ödum | Ödunum |
genitive | Ödu | Ödunnar | Ada | Adanna |
Latin
Proper noun
Ādā
- ablative singular of Ādām
Norwegian
Etymology
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
Ada
- Adah (Biblical figure)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ada
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1715 females with the given name Ada living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.da/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: A‧da
Proper noun
Ada f
- a female given name
Declension
Declension of Ada
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Ada | Ady |
genitive | Ady | Ad |
dative | Adzie | Adom |
accusative | Adę | Ady |
instrumental | Adą | Adami |
locative | Adzie | Adach |
vocative | Ado | Ady |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.dɐ/ [ˈa.ðɐ]
- Rhymes: -adɐ
- Hyphenation: A‧da
Proper noun
Ada f
- (biblical) Adah (wife of Lamech)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ada
Swedish
Etymology
First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1762. Short form of names like Adela, and of biblical Hebrew origin.
Proper noun
Ada c (genitive Adas)
- Adah (Biblical figure)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ada
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån: 999 females with the given name Ada living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th 2011.