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Stella is a female given name. It is derived from the Latin word for star. [1] [2] It has been in use in English-speaking countries since it was first used by Philip Sidney in Astrophel and Stella, his 1580s sonnet sequence.
In most manuscripts of Jerome's work, one of the interpretations offered is as "stella maris", star of the sea. But this was probably originally stilla maris, meaning "drop of the sea" (as written in one manuscript), based on מר mar, a rare biblical word for "drop", [a] and ים yam "sea". [4]
Ave maris stella in a 14th-century antiphonary "Ave maris stella" (Latin for 'Hail, star of the sea') is a medieval Marian hymn, usually sung at Vespers.It was especially popular in the Middle Ages and has been used by many composers, as the basis of other compositions.
Stella Maris (Latin, 'star of the sea') may refer to: Our Lady, Star of the Sea, a title given to the Virgin Mary; Polaris, a star commonly called the North Star or ...
Maris is a given name with various origins. It can be derived from the Latin phrase Stella Maris ("star of the sea"), an epithet for the Virgin Mary.Because of its derivation, the name Maris is also related to other names that connote the ocean. [1]
Stella is a surname meaning star in Latin and Italian. Notable persons with the surname include: Artists. Fermo Stella (1490s–1560s), Italian painter;
The coat of arms of Mauritius are stipulated in the "Mauritius Laws 1990 Vol.2 SCHEDULE (Section 2)".In the lower left quarter is a key and on the right-hand side is a white star, which are referred to in the Latin motto "Stella Clavisque Maris Indici" meaning "Star and Key of the Indian Ocean".
The modern name Polaris [41] is shortened from Neo-Latin stella polaris "polar star", coined in the Renaissance when the star had approached the celestial pole to within a few degrees. Gemma Frisius, writing in 1547, referred to it as stella illa quae polaris dicitur ("that star which is called 'polar'"), placing it 3° 8' from the celestial ...