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  stella

  noun

  a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
• Stella
  Stella

  noun

  Frank (Phillip), born 1936, U.S. painter.

stella

¹ American  

[stel-uh] / ˈstɛl ə /

noun

1. a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.

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Stella ² American  

[stel-uh] / ˈstɛl ə /

noun

1. Frank (Phillip), born 1936, U.S. painter.

2. Joseph, 1887–1946, U.S. painter, born in Italy.

3. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “star.”

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A comet – by virtue of its unpredictability as a stella errans – a wandering star – induced feelings of instability and possible apocalypse.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2018

But Longfellow makes the stella indicative of foul weather: Last night I saw St. Elmo's stars, With their glimmering lanterns all at play ...

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

She snatched her stella shawl from the drawer, threw it over her shoulders, and ran out of the room.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Alice Brown

We go from one world to another when we turn back to Italy and hear the country lads singing, "La buona sera, O stella mattutina!"

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

Some understand the planetVenus by the "miglior stella " v.

From Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete by Henry Francis Cary

Stella Li, BYD’s executive vice president, said the company intends to dethrone Toyota as the world’s largest automaker by sales and that this can be achieved without selling cars in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Team boss Andrea Stella was asked later that evening whether he was concerned about the message about team play not getting through to his drivers, and he dealt with it with his usual diplomacy.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Lessons do not appear to have been learned in the way Stella might have expected.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Saint is survived by her children, Darrell and Laurette; four grandchildren, Eli, Tyler, Molly and Stella; and two great grandchildren, Arlo and Finley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

I think about Stella, my eyes traveling to the IV bag of Cevaflomalin.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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