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deva¹

  • /ˈdeɪvə/

Rhymes with -eɪvə

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Sanskrit देव (deva, “deity, god”). Doublet of daeva.

noun devas

  1. A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Deva²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Romanian Deva.

proper noun

  1. A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

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noun a Hindu or Buddhist deity

한국어천 cheon
日本語天 ten, 天部 tenbu, 天人 tennin
中文天 tiān, 提婆 típó, 天人 tiānrén, 天眾 /天众, 天部, 天神 tiānshén
हिन्दीदेव dev
Tiếng Việtthiên

name city in Romania

हिन्दीदेवा devā
DeutschDiemrich, Schlossberg, Denburg
RomânăDeva

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@misc{deva_2026,
  title = {deva},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deva},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}