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Ada is a feminine given name. One origin is the Germanic element "adel-" meaning " nobility ", for example as part of the names Adelaide and Adeline . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name can also trace to a Hebrew origin, sometimes spelled Adah עָדָה, meaning " adornment ". [ 4 ]
Ada, Alina, Zélie, Adele, Adelina Adeline is a feminine given name meaning 'noble' or 'nobility'; it is of German origin and derived from Old High German adal "noble." [ 1 ] The root lives on in the New High German words Adel "nobility," edel "noble," and adelig "noble."
Ada, Edy, Edi, Edda, Ida, Oda, Uda, Edanur Eda is a name that has arisen independently in multiple regions. Eda is a popular Turkish female first name, meaning manner, expression and affectation; [ 1 ] derived from the Arabic word, adā (أداء).
Aida is an Egyptian name. Normally it would be Aita. But that name would be too harsh, and the singers would irresistibly soften it to Aida." [2] It may be derived from a name recorded on the Rosetta Stone. [2] Unrelated to this origin, the Italian meaning for Aida is "Happy". [3] "Aida" is also sometimes traced to other African languages.
Adelaide is a feminine given name from the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High German Adalheidis, meaning "noble natured".. The modern German form is Adelheid, famously the first name of Queen Adelaide, for whom many places throughout the former British Empire were named.
The name stems from the Arabic verb sa‘ada ( سَعَدَ 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky'). Saad is the stem of variant given names Suad and Sa‘id. It may be a shortened version of Sa'd al-Din, and is not to be confused with it. It is not the same as the single Arabic letter ṣād, which has no intrinsic meaning. It may refer to:
Derived from the Occitan Azalaïs, the name Azélie evolved from Adelais, which had itself been shortened from the same ancient Germanic source Adalheidis, meaning noble, as the other modern English forms Ada, Adela, Adele, Adelaide, Adeline, Alice, Alicia, and Alison and other variants. [2] The name Zélie also has other origins.
The Dauphin Map of Canada, c. 1543, showing the areas Cartier visited. Newfoundland is near the upper right; Florida and the Bahamas are at lower left. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the name of Canada, its origin is now accepted as coming from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning 'village' or 'settlement'. [1]