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ava
/ˈeɪvə/
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What does ava mean?
noun
- Alternative form of kava.
- Initialism of American Viticultural Area: a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States, providing an official appellation for the mutual benefit of wineries and consumers.
- Initialism of arteriovenous anastomosis.
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proper noun
- A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
- A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.
- A city in Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio.
- A town in New York, United States; named for the Kingdom of Ava.
- (historical) An abandoned city in central Burma, formerly the capital of the country.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈeɪvə/
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About two years ago, although the use of the ava was prevented, drunkenness from the introduction of spirits became very prevalent.
I had then only to take ava with the family and be ready for sea.
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In Ava it seems to have been part of the king's title, that he was "King of the white elephant, and Lord of the twenty-four Umbrellas."
One of the most familiar cases, is that of tamed elephants not breeding in India; though they often breed in Ava, where the females are allowed to roam about the forests to some extent, and are thus placed under more natural conditions.