Asta

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Asta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – an herb found in Mexico, especially San Luis Potosi.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths, now Avitta.

• (genus in Brassicaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Brassicales – order; Brassicaceae – family; Asteae - tribe

• (genus in Brassicaceae): Asta schaffneri - type species; Asta stricta - other species

• Asta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Asta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Asta at the Catalogue of Life 
• Asta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Asta at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Asta at Tropicos
• Asta at The Plant List
• Asta at Brassibase

Borrowed from Italian Asta.

Asta (plural Astas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Asta is the 37076^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 602 individuals. Asta is most common among White (87.04%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Asta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65.

Old Norse Ásta, a medieval diminutive of Ástríðr (hence Astrid).

Asta

1. a female given name

Short form of Astrid, Anastasia and Augusta.

Asta

1. a female given name

Asta f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• Asta's son: Astuson
• Asta's daughter: Astudóttir

From Old Norse Ásta, sometimes also used as a pet form of Augusta or Anastasia.,^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑstɑ/, [ˈɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
• Syllabification^(key): As‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): As‧ta

Asta

1. a female given name

• Asta is the 176^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,593 female individuals (and as a middle name to 728 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• -staa, saat, sata, taas, tasa

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• IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta/
• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: À‧sta

Asta m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Hasta

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈas.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈas.ta]

Asta f sg (genitive Astae); first declension

1. A city of Liguria on the river Tanarus, now Asti

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Asta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Asta f

1. a female given name

Asta

1. a female given name from Old Norse of Old Norse origin

• IPA^(key): /ˈasta/

Asta

1. plural of Aust

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Asta c (genitive Astas)

1. a female given name of Old Norse origin, also used as a pet form of Augusta