how to pronounce nova

/ˈnoʊvə/

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nova is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of nova in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… i like the bossa nova the real deem …”

meanings of nova

name:

Alternative letter-case form of NoVA (“North Virginia").
Acronym of Northern Virginia.
A female given name from Latin.
Alternative letter-case form of NoVA.

noun:

Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
Smoked Nova Scotia salmon.
Initialism of notification of vehicle arrival.

nova frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word nova occurs in english on average 4.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics nova can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that nova can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;