ava

name

1. A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.

   “Ava Haynes, the oldest daughter, was a warm friend of Lillie Calhoun, whom she soon sought and led quickly into the conservatory.”

   “My mother named me Ava because she liked how the English letters looked - the big A a beak pointed upward, the v a sharp slash of wings, the small a round and flat as a parrot's eye.”

2. A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.
3. A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.
4. A locale in the United States.
5. A locale in the United States.
6. A locale in the United States.
7. A locale in the United States.
8. A locale in the United States.
9. (historical)An abandoned city in central Burma, formerly the capital of the country.
10. A town in New York, United States; named for the Kingdom of Ava.

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of kava.

   “In the Tonga Islands , the ava root, when dry, is split up into small pieces with an axe or other sharp instrument”

   “[…] the schooners plying up the coast for wood and ava and bananas.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of American Viticultural Area: a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States, providing an official appellation for the mutual benefit of wineries and consumers.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of arteriovenous anastomosis.