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
- Stella goes back to the evidence.
- You work with Stella in this case.
- You work with Stella on this case.
- Stella ended the relationship in 1928.
- Stella is both disgusted and skeptical.
- Your better of with a gallon of Stella.
- Stella was sort of conservative, even then.
- Stella and Toby recount the events of the evening.
- The extraordinary courage and selflessness were shown by Stella.
- David's Annotated Lyric site mentions "stella" as being the Latin for star.
- The Stella shorts are a collection of short films by the comedy group Stella.
- 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.