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Ida
//ˈaɪdə// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from the Germanic languages.
""Ida!!!" "It is not a common, but an ancient name in Greece", said the diako,"and was borne by the wife of Lycastus and the mother of the Cretan Minos." Osmyn blushed to have been over-heard, and suffered his heart alone to repeat again the sweet and simple name of "Ida"."
- 2 A surname.
- 3 Name of two sacred mountains situated in present-day Turkey and Crete, also called Mount Ida. Greek
- 4 A river in eastern Slovakia.
- 5 A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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- 6 Initialism of International Development Association. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
- 1 Initialism of iron deficiency anemia. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
Short form of obsolete names beginning with Germanic īd "work", used for both sexes in medieval England. It was revived in the 19th century, partly mistaken for a Greek name, for the Mount Ida of classical mythology.
Etymology 2
Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Japanese 井田 (Ida, “rice paddy by the well”). * Matronymic surname from the female given name Ida.
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Slovak Ida.
Etymology 5
From Sanskrit इडा (iḍā).
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