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  stella

  noun

  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.
• Stella
  Stella

  noun

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

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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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

Astrum and stella denote the stars more in a mere physical relation, as bright heavenly bodies; sidus, more in an astronomical and astrological relation, as portentous and influencing human affairs.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig Döderlein

Stella comata.And in the same yere appered stella comata whiche endured xv dayes.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas

Soon after this appeared a new star, the stella nova of 1604, not the one Tycho had seen—that was in 1572—but the same that Kepler was so much interested in.

From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge

And in a sermon preached before Innocent VI. on the feast of the Epiphany, after the text Videntes stellam Magi, he begins with the invocation, O Maria stella Maris, Mater stellae solaris.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 by Society of Clergymen

Stella Havkin, a California attorney who represents small businesses filing for bankruptcy, said that over the last decade the number of cases she’s handled for small-business owners with an MCA has “mushroomed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Going more into the technical, and specifically this season, Kimi is a very interesting one to look at, because he pretty much attacks all the times," Stella said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Stella Li, BYD’s executive vice president, said the company intends to dethrone Toyota as the world’s largest automaker by sales and that this can be achieved without selling cars in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Stella said he was "disappointed" more than anything, pointing out that this was far from the first conversation he had had with the drivers on the need to put the team's interests first.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It’s been a Stella Grant marathon, even with the lame CF content.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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