Aa
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aa"
Etymology 1
Named to always appear first in alphabetical listings; or alternatively after Pieter van der Aa.
Proper noun
Aa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – a group of orchids of cool climates in Latin America.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Orchidaceae – family; Orchidoideae - subfamily; Cranichideae - tribe; Cranichidinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aa paleacea - type species; for other species see Aa at The Plant List.
References
Aa (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aa (Orchidaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aa (Orchidaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aa at the Catalogue of Life
- Aa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Aa at The Plant List
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Hawaiian ʻaʻā. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Proper noun
Aa f
- A taxonomic subgenus within the family Euconulidae – Philonesia (Aa), a group of snails.
Hypernyms
- (subgenus): Stylommatophora - order; Helicina - suborder; Limacoidei - infraorder; Trochomorphoidea - superfamily; Euconulidae - family; Microcystinae - subfamily; Philonesia - genus
Hyponyms
- (subgenus): For species see
References
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Etymology
The river names are ostensibly from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“river”).
Proper noun
Aa
- Several waterways in Europe.
- A river in northern France, flowing 93 km from near Bourthes, Pas-de-Calais department into the North Sea near Gravelines, Nord department.
- A small river in the Netherlands, flowing 72 km from near Nederweert, Limburg into the Dieze at 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant.
- A tributary of the Möhne river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Rhine basin.
- A tributary of the Nether river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Weser basin.
- A tributary of the Werre river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Weser basin.
- A village in Ida-Viru County, northern Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.
- A surname from Norwegian.
Further reading
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Etymology
The word a (also aa), used as a hydronym. From Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”); both natively, and through Dutch Low Saxon Aa and German Low German Aa (both from Old Saxon aha (“stream”)), and German Aa (from Old High German aha (“stream”)). For more information, see a and its cognate English ea.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aa f
- The name of dozens of small rivers and streams; also a common element in many derived hydronyms.
Derived terms
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Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic, compare also Kacke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔa.ʔa/, /ʔaˈʔa/
- In this word the glottal stop is strictly phonemic and can never be omitted.
Audio: (file)
Noun
Aa n (strong, genitive Aa or Aas, no plural)
Declension
Declension of Aa [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Alternative forms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German â, from Old Saxon aha, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō. Compare Aue and -ach.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
die Aa f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Aa)
- A left tributary of the Möhne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- A left tributary of the Nethe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- A left tributary of the Herre, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- any of several other rivers in Germany, France, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Belgium
Declension
Declension of Aa [sg-only, feminine]
Derived terms
- Aasee
Proper noun
Aa m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Aas or (with an article) Aa, feminine genitive Aa, plural Aas)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Aa [masculine // feminine, surname]
1With an article.
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Noun
Aa f
- obsolete typography of å
Letter
Aa (lower case aa)
- (US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à, Â â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
- US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․
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