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Vega
//ˈveɪɡə// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
- 2 A surname from Spanish. countable, uncountable
- 3 A small city, the county seat of Oldham County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 An automobile that was manufactured by Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation from 1970 to 1977. historical
- 2 An open tract of ground; a plain, especially one which is moist and fertile, such as those used for growing tobacco. Latin-America, Philippines
- 3 A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Medieval Latin, from Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”). The active participle وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) derives from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “fall, drop, tumble, alight, pounce”).
Etymology 2
From Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).
Etymology 3
From Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).
Etymology 4
From Spanish vega.
Etymology 5
An invented word perhaps chosen to begin with "v" (for "volatility") and to sound as if it could be a Greek letter (like the related parameters "delta", "gamma" etc.)
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