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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.
Probably composed in the 1580s, Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella is an English sonnet sequence containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' (star) and 'phil' (lover), and the Latin word 'stella' meaning star. Thus Astrophil is the star lover, and Stella is his star.
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 ...
Stella is a surname meaning star in Latin and Italian. Notable persons with the surname include: Artists. Fermo Stella (1490s–1560s), Italian painter;
Stella (beer), an Egyptian beer Stella (bicycle company), a French bicycle manufacturer Stella cherry, a sweet cherry cultivar; Stella (guitar), a brand of a guitar STELLA (language courses), online language courses
The name Stellaria is derived from the word 'stella' meaning 'star', [16] which is a reference to the shape of its flowers; media is Latin for 'between', 'intermediate', or 'mid-sized'. [17] It is sometimes called common chickweed to distinguish it from other plants called chickweed. Other common names include chickenwort, craches, maruns, and ...