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- [vee-guh, vey-]
- /ˈvi gə, ˈveɪ-/
- /veɪg/
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- [vee-guh, vey-]
- /ˈvi gə, ˈveɪ-/
Definitions of vega word
- noun vega Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet. 1
- noun vega the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and one of the most conspicuous in the N hemisphere. It is part of an optical double star having a faint companion. Distance: 25.3 light years; spectral type: A0V 0
- noun vega the brightest star in the constellation Lyra: magnitude, 0.03 0
- noun vega ˈLope de (ˈlɔpɛ ðɛ ) ; lôˈpe the) (born Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562-1635; Sp. dramatist & poet 0
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Origin of vega
First appearance:
before 1630 One of the 42% oldest English words
1630-40; < Medieval Latin < Arabic (al-nasr-al-) wāqiʿ (the) falling (eagle), orig. designating the three stars Alpha, Epsilon and Zeta Lyrae
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Parts of speech for Vega
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vega popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".