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ida

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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4
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4
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/ˈaɪdə/

Definition of ida

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    “"Ida!!!" "It is not a common, but an ancient name in Greece", said the diako,"and was borne by the wife of Lycastus and the mother of the Cretan Minos." Osmyn blushed to have been over-heard, and suffered his heart alone to repeat again the sweet and simple name of "Ida".”
    “That's what they called me," she said. "My real name's Ida." The old and vulgarised Grecian name recovered a little dignity”
    “"Ida" - the name was magical to me. In whispers, in the dark. Beneath bedcovers. Forehead pressed to a windowpane coated with frost. "Ida". What a strange, beautiful name: I could not say it often enough: it was easy to confuse "Ida" with "I" - - -”
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name

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    “"Ida!!!" "It is not a common, but an ancient name in Greece", said the diako,"and was borne by the wife of Lycastus and the mother of the Cretan Minos." Osmyn blushed to have been over-heard, and suffered his heart alone to repeat again the sweet and simple name of "Ida".”
    “That's what they called me," she said. "My real name's Ida." The old and vulgarised Grecian name recovered a little dignity”
    “"Ida" - the name was magical to me. In whispers, in the dark. Beneath bedcovers. Forehead pressed to a windowpane coated with frost. "Ida". What a strange, beautiful name: I could not say it often enough: it was easy to confuse "Ida" with "I" - - -”
  2. A surname.
  3. (Greek)Either of two sacred mountains situated in present-day Turkey and Crete, also called Mount Ida.
  4. A river in eastern Slovakia.
  5. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of International Development Association.

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of iron deficiency anemia.
  2. (countable, uncountable)An industrial development agency.

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Etymology

Short form of obsolete names beginning with Germanic īd "work", used for both sexes in medieval England. It was revived in the 19th century, partly mistaken for a Greek name, for the Mount Ida of classical mythology.

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