noun
aida
noun
1
A female given name, made famous by Verdi's opera of the same name.
"They named their daughter Aida after the opera."
2
A type of coarse, evenly woven cotton fabric used for cross-stitch embroidery.
"She stitched the pattern onto a piece of Aida cloth."
How to Use Aida
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the opera-inspired girl's name, or a woven cotton fabric used in cross-stitch.
Easily confused with
aida cloth
Word Forms
aidas plural, Aidas plural
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Etymology
The given name comes from Giuseppe Verdi's 1871 opera "Aida"; the fabric sense also takes its name from the opera.