nova

Meaning

Noun

Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.

Origin

Feminine nominative singular of Latin novus ("new"). The feminine is used since stella is feminine; thus nova is a shortening of nova stella, first used in this sense in 1573 by Tycho Brahe.

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