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Stella
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- 1 A female given name from Latin.
"What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star,"
- 2 Ellipsis of Stella Artois, a brand of beer. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"Sheila goes out with her mate Stella / It gets poured all over her fella"
- 3 A town in South Africa.
- 4 A village in Missouri.
- 5 A village in Nebraska.
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- 6 A town in Wisconsin.
- 7 A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1763).
- 8 A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century. US
- 1 A star-shaped structure.
"Plants of this collection are several decimeters taller; the pedicels are more remote in the inforescence; the stellae are larger and form a less dense cover on plant parts, and the siliques are slightly larger than in the usual form of the species."
- 2 A serving of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
"I'm going to have a few Stellas tonight."
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of Stella. US, alt-of
- 4 A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist; named after the protagonist of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). Jamaica, derogatory, slang
"They often come thinking that Jamaican women are not going to like them, because they have heard from others in the United States that Jamaican women have a bad attitude and are upset that these “Stellas” are taking all of their men."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stelo; related to aster and star.
From Latin stēlla (“star”).
From Latin stēlla (“star”).
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