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vega
CIDE DICTIONARY
vega, n. [Ar. w, properly, falling: cf. F. Wéga.].
A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra. [1913 Webster]
vega, n. [Sp.].
An open tract of ground; a plain, esp. one which is moist and fertile, as those used for tobacco fields. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vega, n. Astron. a brilliant blue star in the constellation of the Lyre.
Etymology
Sp. or med.L Vega f. Arab., = the falling vulture
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vega
Plain
N plain, table-land, face of the country, open country, champaign country, basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold, veldt, moor, moorland, bush, plateau, campagna, alkali flat, llano, mesa, mesilla, playa, shaking prairie, trembling prairie, vega, meadow, mead, haugh, pasturage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat, greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather, lea, ley, lay, grounds, maidan, agostadero, champaign, alluvial, campestral, campestrial, campestrian, campestrine.For further exploring for "vega" in Webster Dictionary Online
