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ava

1
or a·va'

[ uh-vah, uh-vaw ]

adverb

, Scot.
  1. of all; at all.


Ava

2

[ ey-vuh ]

noun

  1. a female given name.

ava

/ əˈvɔː /

adverb

  1. at all


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ava1

Scot form of of all

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Example Sentences

Ava DuVernay, as New York magazine notes, has now joined their ranks.

Too bad director Ava DuVernay gets the history wrong in Selma.

For Ava, serving as a model fulfills a larger artistic goal.

It was also the first time for Ava, a 45-year-old German photographer.

An AVA is decided, incredibly, not by wine connoisseurs but by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

And we came into the yard, walled about with tinned iron, and drank ava with the prisoners and the captain.

Seumanu gave me one of his names; and when my name was called at the ava drinking, behold, it was Au mai taua ma manu-vao!

Mr. Gouger, a young merchant residing at Ava, was then with us, and had much more reason to fear than the rest of us.

Perhaps no death in Ava ever produced such universal rejoicings, as that of the Pakan Woon.

Our final release from Ava, and our recovering all the property that had there been taken, was owing entirely to his efforts.

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