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Vala
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "vala"
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Vala
- An object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code.
- A surname.
- 2012 May 24, John D. Sutter, “Welcome to the world’s nicest prison”, in CNN:
- Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.
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Czech
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vala m anim (female equivalent Valová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Vala (masculine animate in -a)
Further reading
- “Vala”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
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Latin
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwa.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvaː.la]
Proper noun
Vala m sg (genitive Valae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Numonius Vala, an acquaintance of Horace
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Vala, Numonius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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