Vega

¹

[ vee-guh, vey- ]

noun

1. Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.

Vega

²

[ vey-guh; Spanish ve-gah ]

noun

1. Lo·pe de [law, -pe , th, e], Lope Félix de Vega Carpio, 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
2. Garcilaso de la Vega.

Vega

¹

/ ˈviːɡə /

noun

1. the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and one of the most conspicuous in the N hemisphere. It is part of an optical double star having a faint companion. Distance: 25.3 light years; spectral type: A0V

Vega

²

/ ˈveɪɡə; ˈbeɣa /

noun

1. See Lope de Vega
   See Lope de Vega

Vega

/ vē′gə,vā′gə /

1. A star in the constellation Lyra and one of the five brightest stars in the night sky. It is a white main-sequence star in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with an apparent magnitude of 0.04. Vega, along with Altair and Deneb, form the Summer Triangle asterism. Scientific name: Alpha Lyra.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vega¹

1630–40; < Medieval Latin < Arabic ( al-nasr-al- ) wāqiʿ (the) falling (eagle), originally designating the three stars Alpha, Epsilon and Zeta Lyrae

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vega¹

C17: from Medieval Latin, from Arabic ( al nasr ) al wāqi, literally: the falling (vulture), that is, the constellation Lyra

Example Sentences

Vega, Texas, got the brunt of this weeklong February storm, with a 43-inch snowfall.

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In August, John Anthony Vega was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 77-year-old woman in Pennsylvania.

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Nothing really happened with Grace (Makenzie Vega) in that episode.

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Graham Phillips and Makenzie Vega are so remarkable as actors… In the script, it said, “Alicia just breaks down.”

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And Marta Moreno Vega, an Afro-Caribbean expert on Yoruba philosophy, seems to dare you to sum up her ethnicity.

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Such is precisely the much discussed statement that Garcilasso de la Vega says he often heard from the native Peruvians.

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Above him was the enormous triangle formed by Deneb, Vega, and Altair.

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When he reached the highest crest, Vega still hung over the sullen glow of a furnace throat; but the smudge had grown darker.

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At length the dawn broke over the great misty plain, for now they were crossing the vega.

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A few days since we made up a party and rode out to the famous town of Santa Fe, in the delightful Vega, about eight miles away.

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