stella

IPA: stˈɛɫʌ

noun

  • (botany) A star-shaped structure.
  • A female given name from Latin.
  • A town in South Africa.
  • A village in Missouri.
  • A village in Nebraska.
  • A town in Wisconsin.
  • A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1763).
  • (US, numismatics) A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century.
  • (Jamaica, slang, derogatory) A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist; named after the protagonist of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).
  • 2018, Bianca C. Williams, The Pursuit of Happiness, Duke University Press, →ISBN:
  • (US, numismatics) Alternative letter-case form of Stella. [A female given name from Latin.]
  • Ellipsis of Stella Artois., a brand of beer; or a serving of such.
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Examples of "stella" in Sentences

  • David's Annotated Lyric site mentions "stella" as being the Latin for star.
  • jus ANOTHER thing they don't want to believe....lol.. (i named mine "stella")..
  • In his short work De stella nova, published in 1606, he wondered what could have caused such an event.
  • Labels: mac, stella duffy, victorian writers 'center, writing posted by Another Outspoken Female at 2: 20 PM
  • All Answers from evspence wrote 49 weeks 4 hours ago those amazon wolf fish like on the Hunt for Big Fish, with a $800 shimano stella of course
  • Yes | No | Report from evspence wrote 49 weeks 4 hours ago those amazon wolf fish like on the Hunt for Big Fish, with a $800 shimano stella of course
  • In the Italic branch, Italian stella and French étoile stem from Latin stēlla.xx And from an eastern branch there is the living Persian word sitarih, descended from the prehistoric Iranian *stăr-.
  • I have also pleased myself by making a special group of the six radiating muscles which diverge from the spine of the axis, or second cervical vertebra, and by giving to it the name stella musculosa nuchaee.

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