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stella¹

  • /ˈstɛl.ə/

Sounds like Stella, stellar, steller, Steller (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɛlə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stelo; related to aster and star.

noun stellae

  1. A star-shaped structure. Plants of this collection are several decimeters taller; the pedicels are more remote in the inforescence; the stellae are larger and form a less dense cover on plant parts, and the siliques are slightly larger than in the usual form of the species.
  2. US Alternative letter-case form of Stella

Stella²

  • /ˈstɛlə/

Sounds like stella, stellar, steller, Steller (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɛlə

Where it comes from

From Latin stēlla (“star”).

Noun sense 2 is after the protagonist of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Latin. What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star,
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Stella Artois, a brand of beer. Sheila goes out with her mate Stella / It gets poured all over her fella
  3. A town in South Africa.
  4. A village in Missouri.
  5. A village in Nebraska.
  6. A town in Oneida County, Wisconsin.
  7. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1763).
  8. US, historical A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century.

noun Stellas

  1. A serving of Stella Artois, a brand of beer. I'm going to have a few Stellas tonight.
  2. Jamaica, derogatory, slang A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist. They often come thinking that Jamaican women are not going to like them, because they have heard from others in the United States that Jamaican women have a bad attitude and are upset that these “Stellas” are taking all of their men.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: honey, star, team, stell, rondo, yes, george, carlo, astrum, aster, astro, luminary, sun, orb, daystar, polestar

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name female given name

EspañolEstela, Estrella
FrançaisEstelle
РусскийСтелла

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@misc{stella_2026,
  title = {stella},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stella},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}