| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | di·va |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d  v |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. di·vas or di·ve (-v )
1. An operatic prima donna. 2. A very successful singer of nonoperatic music: a jazz diva. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, from Latin d va, goddess, feminine of dvus, god. See dyeu- in Appendix I.
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