Vega

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

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

Vega

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

• Vegan

From Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).

Vega (countable and uncountable, plural Vegas)

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A small city, the county seat of Oldham County, Texas, United States.

Vega (plural Vegas)

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

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• EVGA, gave

From Spanish Vega, from vega, from Old Spanish vayca, from Old Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”).

Vega

1. a surname from Spanish

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Vega.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Hyphenation: Vè‧ga

Vega f

1. Vega

Vega

1. An island on the coast of Nordland, Norway
2. A municipality on the coast of Nordland, Norway, which includes some hundred islets and islands, the biggest of them are Ylvingen, Igerøy, Søla and Vega itself
3. the star Vega

Vega

1. An island on the coast of Nordland, Norway
2. A municipality on the coast of Nordland, Norway, which includes some hundred islets and islands, the biggest of them are Ylvingen, Igerøy, Søla and Vega itself
3. the star Vega

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɡa/ [ˈbe.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: Ve‧ga

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

Vega ?

1. (astronomy) Vega (the star in the constellation of Lyra)

From vega (“meadow”), from Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”). Related to Las Vegas (but these without surname sense).

Vega m or f by sense

1. a topographic surname