stella

Meanings

1. A star-shaped structure.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Stella.

1. A female given name from Latin.
2. Ellipsis of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
3. A town in South Africa.
4. A village in Missouri.
5. A village in Nebraska.
6. A town in Wisconsin.
7. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1763).
8. A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century.

1. A serving of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
2. A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist; named after the protagonist of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stelo; related to aster and star.