Ava

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
  • A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.
  • A female given name from Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.
  • locale US (country).
  • An abandoned city in central Burma, formerly the capital of the country.
  • town New York (state) US (country) ; named for the {{w Kingdom of Ava}}.

Origin

  • From Portuguese, from the Upper Burmese pronunciation of အင်းဝ.

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