Ida
noun
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5,810 feet (1,771 meters).
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Ida
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[ahy-duh]
/ ˈaɪ də /
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Turkish Kazdaği. Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5,810 feet (1,771 meters).
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Modern Name Mount Psiloriti. the highest mountain in Crete. 8,058 feet (2,456 meters).
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a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “happy.”
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Ida
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/ ˈaɪdə /
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Modern Greek name: Idhi. a mountain in central Crete: the highest on the island; in ancient times associated with the worship of Zeus. Height: 2456 m (8057 ft)
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Turkish name: Kaz Daği. a mountain in NW Turkey, southeast of the site of ancient Troy. Height: 1767 m (5797 ft)
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Etymology
Origin of -ida
< New Latin, taken as neuter plural of Latin -idēs offspring of < Greek; see -id 1
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Ditto for Imelda Staunton, who plays Tommy’s Aunt Ida, a retired detective.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The following year, the fest was moved to September, but Hurricane Ida forced promoters to cancel after heavy rain turned the Farm — the festival’s venue — into a muddy mess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddleston, refused a $26 million offer from a data center builder to buy the farm land that had been in their family nearly 200 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Duncan was born Ruby Lee Phillips on June 7, 1932, near Tallulah, La., where her parents, Ida Bolden and Joseph Phillips, were sharecroppers on a white-owned plantation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Ida sent me to bed early, but no sleep came.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
IDA Ireland, the agency responsible for attracting and keeping foreign businesses, reported a record number of new investments in 2025 with 323 in total, a 38% increase on 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
"Housing is a challenge," the IDA chief executive Michael Lohan told the Irish Times Inside Business podcast.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
In fact, CityU is currently under review to get IDA accreditation.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Groups like the International Dark Sky Association, or IDA, advocate not for more lighting but for more intelligent lighting; smarter street lights that concentrate their light downward is one example.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2023
IDA specialized in driving down prices of essential drugs, the kind that the indigent sick need most urgently.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
In 2020, a house hunter in Boise, Ida., could peruse over 20 properties for sale before encountering one listed for $1 million or more.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
“Enbridge is in the process of reviewing the status of its employees in the areas impacted by Hurricane Ida. There is currently no ETA on getting employees back out to inspect facilities,” the notices said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2021
"Regionally, travel around Louisiana and Mississippi may still be suffering the after-effects of Hurricane Ida. Still, we won’t know more until the damage can be fully assessed in a few days," AAA wrote.
From Fox News ● Aug. 30, 2021
“She looked so beautiful today, our old vibrant Ida. She was sent out like the queen that she was.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2016
“Oooh, Lawd, he got a good name, Ida. His name’s Isaiah, and he’s a handsome fella.”
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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