Ada
/ˈeɪdə/
Ada proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages.
Proper noun (1)
Ada
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child! / Ada! Sole daughter of my house and heart?1818 George Gordon Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the third: I
- An object-oriented programming language extended from Pascal and other languages.
- If anything, Ada is actually fairly easy to learn. The syntax is so explicit, that it is much more difficult to misunderstand what the code is doing than in C/C++.2019, Andrew T. Shvets, Beginning Ada Programming: From Novice to Professional, Apress, →ISBN, page 11
- An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Kent County, Michigan.
- A city, the county seat of Norman County, Minnesota.
- A township in Dickey County, North Dakota.
- A village in Hardin County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- A township in Perkins County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Noun capitalized: ADA
ADA (countable and uncountable, plural ADAs)
- Initialism of adenosine deaminase, the enzyme that specifically affects RNA. See ADAR.
- Initialism of assistant district attorney.
- Acronym of anti-doping agency.
- Abbreviation of azodicarbonamide.
- Initialism of autodestructive art.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: ADA
ADA
- Initialism of American Dental Association.
- Initialism of Americans for Democratic Action.
- Initialism of Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Initialism of American Diabetes Association.
- Initialism of Air Defense Artillery.
- Initialism of Association of Drainage Authorities.
- Initialism of Antideficiency Act.
- This information supplements (and should be read with) general guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for administering an agency shutdown of operations due to a lapse in appropriations, consistent with the Antideficiency Act (ADA)...2025, “Special Instructions for Agencies Affected by a Possible Lapse in Appropriations Starting on October 1, 2025”, in Office of Personnel Management, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2025...
Forms of Ada
| plural | ADAs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | assistant DA |
| alternative form | assistant D.A. |
| alternative form | assistant D. A. |
| alternative form | A.D.A. |
| alternative form | A. D. A. |
Origin of Ada
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.
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Questions about Ada
- What does Ada mean?
- Ada means a female given name from the Germanic languages.
- What part of speech is Ada?
- Ada can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Ada?
- Ada is pronounced /ˈeɪdə/.
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