"ava" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɑː.və/ [UK]
Rhymes: -ɑːvə Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ava (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of kava Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: kava
    Sense id: en-ava-en-noun-LJelFUb8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 20 entries
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          "ref": "1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Bottle Imp",
          "text": "[…] the schooners plying up the coast for wood and ava and bananas.",
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