Vega

¹ American  

[vey-guh, ve-gah] / ˈveɪ gə, ˈvɛ gɑ /

noun

1. Lope de Lope Félix de Vega Carpio, 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.

2. Garcilaso de la Vega.

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Vega ² American  

[vee-guh, vey-] / ˈvi gə, ˈveɪ- /

noun

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

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Vega ¹ British  

/ ˈveɪɡə, ˈbeɣa /

noun

1. See Lope de Vega

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Vega ² British  

/ 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

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Vega Scientific  

/ 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.

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Etymology

Origin of Vega

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

Example Sentences

The comeback truly began to materialize last month in Las Vegas when both McLarens were disqualified for a technical infringement, leaving Verstappen to close the gap by 25 points with his Sin City victory.

From The Wall Street Journal

The world championship finals in Las Vegas was described as a "crazy" experience by Mr Male.

From BBC

Las Vegas had come into the game having lost nine of its last 10 games, and fresh off a two-touchdown home loss to Cleveland in which Smith was sacked 10 times.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a second painful weekend in succession for McLaren, after they lost second and fourth places for Norris and Piastri with a double disqualification in Las Vegas.

From BBC

“The level of anxiety is at an all-time high, especially for the Venezuelan community,” said John De La Vega, an immigration attorney in Miami.

From The Wall Street Journal