Ada

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ada"

English

Etymology

Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪdə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪdə

Proper noun

Ada

2. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1818 George Gordon Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the third: I:

     Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child! / Ada! Sole daughter of my house and heart?

4. (computer languages) An object-oriented programming language extended from Pascal and other languages.
   • 2019, Andrew T. Shvets, Beginning Ada Programming: From Novice to Professional, Apress, →ISBN, page 11:

     If anything, Ada is actually fairly easy to learn. The syntax is so explicit, that it is much more difficult to misunderstand what the code is doing than in C/C++.

5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
   2. A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.
   3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Kent County, Michigan.
   4. A city, the county seat of Norman County, Minnesota.
   5. A township in Dickey County, North Dakota.
   6. A village in Hardin County, Ohio.
   7. A city, the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
   8. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
   9. A township in Perkins County, South Dakota.
   10. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.
   11. An unincorporated community in the town of Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
6. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Derived terms

• Ada County
• Adalyn
• Adalynn
• Floydada

Further reading

• Ada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ada (programming language) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AAD, aad

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.ða]

Proper noun

Ada f

1. a female given name

Czech

Alternative forms

• Áďa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈada]

Proper noun

Ada f

1. a female given name and a nickname from women's names beginning with Ad-

Declension

Declension of Ada (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ada	Ady
genitive	Ady	Ad
dative	Adě	Adám
accusative	Adu	Ady
vocative	Ado	Ady
locative	Adě	Adách
instrumental	Adou	Adami

Proper noun

Ada m anim

1. a diminutive of the male given name Adam

Declension

Declension of Ada (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ada	Adové
genitive	Ady	Adů
dative	Adovi	Adům
accusative	Adu	Ady
vocative	Ado	Adové
locative	Adovi	Adech
instrumental	Adou	Ady

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Middle Dutch?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.daː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ada

Proper noun

Ada f

1. a female given name