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Vega

/ˈbeɡa/

proper noun/ˈbeɡa/

Vega (the star in the constellation of Lyra)

From Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”).

proper noun/ˈbeɡa/

a topographic surname

From vega (“meadow”), from Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”). Related to Las Vegas (but these without surname sense).