aqua

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.

   Ms. Rockburne, with help from a team of artists, is working on a gargantuan mural of deep blues, shimmering aquas and luminous gold leaf that is headed for the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.

2. 2
   noun

   a shade of blue tinged with green

3. 3
   noun

   The compound water.

4. 4
   adj

   Of a greenish-blue colour.

Etymology

From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.