Deva

From English Devanagari, from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī).

The "nagari" part was trimmed from "Devanagari", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.

Deva

1. ISO 15924 for Devanagari script.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Deva.

From Romanian Deva.

Deva

1. A city in Hunedoara, Romania

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Deva. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *deiwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).^[1] Cognate of English Dee.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeβɐ]

Deva m

1. A river in Ourense, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Arbo
2. A river in Pontevedra, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Pontedeva

• Pontedeva

• “Deva” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *deiwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).^[1]

Deva f sg (genitive Devae); first declension

1. A small river in Hispania Tarraconensis

First-declension noun, singular only.

• “Deva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian djeva or Old Church Slavonic дѣва (děva), from Proto-Slavic *děva (“maiden, girl”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeva/

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Deva f

1. A city in Hunedoara, Romania

From the common noun déva (“maiden”).

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Déva f (Cyrillic spelling Де́ва)

1. (astronomy) Virgo
2. (Christianity) Virgin Mary; Our Lady

   Synonyms: Déva Màrija, Sveta Màrija

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