Vega

Meanings

1. The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A small city, the county seat of Oldham County, Texas, United States.

1. An automobile that was manufactured by Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation from 1970 to 1977.

1. An open tract of ground; a plain, especially one which is moist and fertile, such as those used for growing tobacco.

1. A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”). The active participle وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) derives from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “fall, drop, tumble, alight, pounce”).