The city was also called Deunana and deva, after the same river.
The positive force you call the deva or Sura; his face is turned, it seems, to God.
To shepherds who, in seeking pasture for their flocks, were seeking also pasture for their souls, the deva became Indra.
That gives them a special affinity for one deva rather than for another.
It is the great caon of the deva, one of the finest passes in the world.
"They all belong to the deva Evolution," Dickson mentioned with conviction.
Marston sat on a broken wall, talking to deva's owner about the race along the coast.
Towards the river deva were situated, in the first place, the Carnabii.
This last stage has completed our circle and brought us again to the deva.
The principal rivers of this region were Novius, deva, and partly the Ituna.
"god, good spirit" in Hindu religion, from Sanskrit deva "a god," originally "a shining one," from *div- "to shine," thus cognate with Greek dios "divine" and Zeus, and Latin deus "god" (Old Latin deivos); see Zeus.
Fem. form devi is used for "goddess," also (with capital D-) for the mother goddess in Hinduism. Hence, also, devadasi "temple dancing girl," literally "female servant of a god," from dasi "slave girl." Also Devanagari, the formal alphabet of Sanskrit writings, perhaps originally "divine city script," from nagara "city."