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aria¹

  • /ˈɑː.ɹi.ə/

Rhymes with -ɑːɹi.ə

Where it comes from

From Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of air.

noun arias · arie

  1. A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

ARIA²

proper noun

  1. Internet, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Accessible Rich Internet Applications
  2. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Australian Recording Industry Association
  3. UK, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Advanced Research and Invention Agency

Aria³

proper noun

  1. historical region in modern-day Afghanistan

Aria⁴

Where it comes from

As a 21st century English name from TV and fantasy fiction, explained as "a musical aria". Similar sounding names exist in many languages, e.g. Ariah and Arie from Hebrew, Arya from Sanskrit, and Aria, Dutch short form of Adriana.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English. Aria Montgomery burrowed her face in her best friend Alison DiLaurentis's lawn.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: solo, recitative, song, sortita, aryan, atmosphere, sky, pipeline, wind, air, maria, nouri, narrated, arsis, art music, aulos

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noun type of musical piece

Español[el] aria
한국어아리아 aria
日本語アリア aria, 詠唱 eishō
中文詠嘆調 /咏叹调 yǒngtàndiào, 唱段 chàngduàn
Portuguêsária
Françaisaria
DeutschArie
Italianoaria
Ελληνικάάρια ária
Românăarie
Русскийа́рия árija
العربيةنَغَم naḡam

name female given name

हिन्दीआर्या āryā
PortuguêsÁria
РусскийА́рия Árija
עבריתאריה aryé

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@misc{aria_2026,
  title = {aria},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aria},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}