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来源: 于 2009-03-05 02:15:08 [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读：次

"Nova" is from Latin (which means 'new'), the whole name is a bit strange mixture really.

for example:

中国科学院
Academia Sinica (in Latin )
Chinese Academy of Sciences (in English)