vega1
/ˈveɪɡə
/noun
(In Spain and Spanish America) a large grassy plain or valley.The fertile, irrigated vega to the west provided the Caliphs with a lavish table.
Origin
Spanish and Catalan.
Vega2
/ˈviːɡə/Astronomy
The fifth-brightest star in the sky, and the brightest in the constellation Lyra, overhead in summer to observers in the northern hemisphere.
Origin
Via Spanish or medieval Latin from Arabic, literally 'the falling vulture'.
Rhymes
- nitroimidazole
- nitrolic acid
- nitrolim
- nitrolime
- nitromagnesite
- nitromannite
- nitromesidine
- nitrometer
- nitromethane
- nitron
- nitronaphthalene
- nitrone
- nitronium
- nitroparaffin
- nitrophenol
- nitrophile
- nitrophilic
- nitrophilous
- nitrophily
- nitrophobe
- nitrophobic
- nitrophobous
- nitro powder
- nitro proof
- nitro-prove