deva

American  

[dey-vuh] / ˈdeɪ və /

noun

1. Hinduism, Buddhism. a god or divinity.

2. Zoroastrianism. one of an order of evil spirits.

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deva British  

/ ˈdeɪvə /

noun

1. (in Hinduism and Buddhism) a divine being or god

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Etymology

Origin of deva

From Sanskrit

Example Sentences

A filing with European Union regulators this week showed that an investment arm of Santander, Deva Capital, is taking control of the Novares shareholding.

From The Wall Street Journal

Every year, a week or so before Christmas, Chester's streets are filled with the same sights, sounds and smells that have marked Saturnalia in the city since its days as the Roman city of Deva Victrix.

From BBC

But one moment does link it intrinsically to Rome, as the parade always begins with an actor voicing the words of Domitian, who was emperor when Deva Victrix was founded.

From BBC

Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Surya Deva.

From Reuters

As scholar Deva Woodly told me last October, social movements "change the political environment before they change individual people's opinions … and as they start to think more and more about those ideas, then social movements have an opportunity to begin to change people's minds."

From Salon