"NOVA" meaning in English

See NOVA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} NOVA
  1. Alternative letter-case form of NoVA (“North Virginia”) Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: NoVA (extra: North Virginia)
    Sense id: en-NOVA-en-name-swIV8e8x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 13 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 5 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 3 20

Noun

Forms: NOVAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} NOVA (plural NOVAs)
  1. (UK) Initialism of notification of vehicle arrival. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: notification of vehicle arrival
    Sense id: en-NOVA-en-noun-jw-BLi3s Categories (other): British English
  2. (genetics, biochemistry) Acronym of neuro-oncological ventral antigen. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: neuro-oncological ventral antigen Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Genetics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: NOVA1

Inflected forms

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