Ida

¹

[ahy-duh]

noun

1. Turkish Kazdaği. Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5,810 feet (1,771 meters).

2. Modern Name Mount Psiloriti. the highest mountain in Crete. 8,058 feet (2,456 meters).

3. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “happy.”

IDA

²

1. International Development Association.

-ida

³

Zoology.

1. a suffix of the names of orders and classes.

   Arachnida.

Ida.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Idaho.

Ida

¹

/ ˈaɪdə /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Idhi. a mountain in central Crete: the highest on the island; in ancient times associated with the worship of Zeus. Height: 2456 m (8057 ft)

2. Turkish name: Kaz Daği. a mountain in NW Turkey, southeast of the site of ancient Troy. Height: 1767 m (5797 ft)

Ida.

²

abbreviation

1. Idaho

IDA

³

abbreviation

1. International Development Association

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ida¹

< New Latin, taken as neuter plural of Latin -idēs offspring of < Greek; -id ¹

Example Sentences

Isidor Straus and his wife Ida were among the more than 1,500 people who died when the vessel travelling from Southampton to New York sank after hitting an iceberg on 14 April 1912.

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"Everyone would know them from the end of James Cameron's Titanic movie, when there is an elderly couple hugging as the ship is sinking - that's Isidor and Ida."

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It is believed to have been a gift from Ida to her husband in 1888 and is engraved with Straus' initials.

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It will be sold alongside a rare letter Ida wrote aboard the liner describing its luxury.

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"As the ship was sinking, despite being offered a seat in a lifeboat, Ida refused to leave her husband and stated to him 'Isidor we have been together all of these years, where you go, I go'."

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