viva

Interjection

1. Long live ... ! (used to express acclaim or support).
   • The message has been mostly perverted from the moment of his death, but it hasn't been invalidated. So, viva Jesus of Nazareth and joy to the world!1986 February 8, Emma Whitby, “Old Testament Claptrap?”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 29, page 5

Verb (1)

viva (third-person singular simple present vivas, present participle vivaing, simple past and past participle vivaed)

1. (ambitransitive, dated) To cheer, applaud
   • ...the people clapped and vivaed, groaned and hooted, as they were pleased or disappointed, until at length the intense excitement began to subside...1841, Joseph Bullar, Henry Bullar, A winter in the Azores, and a summer at the baths of the Furnas
   • The next evening Paine went to the theatre. The state-box had been prepared for him. The house rose and vivaed as he entered.1859, The Atlantic Monthly

Noun (1)

IPA/ˈvaɪ.və/

viva (plural vivas)

1. A shout of applause.
   • When the cibolero returned to the plain, he was received with a fresh burst of vivas, and kerchiefs were waved to greet him.1855, Mayne Reid, The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico, page 89

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈvaɪ.və/

viva (plural vivas)

1. An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification.

Verb (2)

IPA/ˈvaɪ.və/

viva (third-person singular simple present vivas, present participle vivaing, simple past and past participle vivaed)

1. (transitive) To subject to an examination of this kind.
   • I was vivaed by Charles Cannan, who was then a Fellow of Trinity...1931, Henry Sanderson Furniss Sanderson, Memories of sixty years
   • Throughout his life, he took college responsibilities seriously, he came to All Souls whenever possible on weekends, he vivaed or interviewed candidates...1972, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Proper noun capitalized: ViVa

ViVa

1. a region of Manhattanville, Harlem, New York City