Aida

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Aida cloth. countable, uncountable

    "Use a size 24 needle for most aidas, and a size 26 for evenweaves and linens."

  2. 2
    Synonym of Aida cloth. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of attention, interest, desire, action. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Italian in quiet use since the 1870s.

    "Her name was Aida, like the opera, and I said I’d heard it meant happy in Italian. More laughter. Oh, I always live up to it."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Asteroid Impact & Deflection Mission. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

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aida cloth

Example

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"After Verdi had composed Aida he wrote no more operas for sixteen years."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Aida, made famous by Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida, which premiered in 1871.

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