ava

¹ American

[uh-vah, uh-vaw] / əˈvɑ, əˈvɔ /

Or ava'

adverb

Scot.

of all; at all.

Ava ² American

[ey-vuh] / ˈeɪ və /

noun

a first name.

ava British

/ əˈvɔː /

adverb

at all

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Etymology

Origin of ava

Scot form of of all

Example Sentences

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Participants heard a series of nonsense words, like "ava," "kug," or "vip," and then spoke each one aloud.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023

Out of this ava lanche of acetate, the director has constructed a motion picture that crams the supercolossal Super Panavision screen with some of the most spectacular pictures ever taken of metal in motion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gluck considers the ending vius to be simply derivative, and suggests that the Germans, with a natural striving after a meaning, altered this derivative ending into their word ava, aha, ach, or au, signifying river.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

Na, na," said Kirsty; "it's no the infernal gentleman ava, man.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

My son John is not coming on ava.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by Wilson, John Mackay

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