stella

¹ American  

[stel-uh] / ˈstɛl ə /

noun

1. a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.

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Stella ² American  

[stel-uh] / ˈstɛl ə /

noun

1. Frank (Phillip), born 1936, U.S. painter.

2. Joseph, 1887–1946, U.S. painter, born in Italy.

3. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “star.”

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Example Sentences

A comet – by virtue of its unpredictability as a stella errans – a wandering star – induced feelings of instability and possible apocalypse.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2018

Unde licet terra quasi stella sit, propinquior polo centrali, tamen movetur, et non describit minimum circulum in motu, ut est ostensum....

From The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe by Stimson, Dorothy

This sequell is granted by some of our adversaries, and they are the very words of noble Tycho, De nova stella lib.

From The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet by Wilkins, John

“Ave Maria, stella maris,” they sang, and in the coolness of the evening the notes vibrated with a new, strange loveliness, for the lover knew that he had not climbed the Stromberg in vain.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis

C�sariem C�sar tibi si natura negauit, Hanc Willielme tibi stella comata dedit.

From The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John