Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vega \Ve"ga\, n. [Sp.]
   An open tract of ground; a plain, esp. one which is moist and
   fertile, as those used for tobacco fields. [Sp. Amer. & Phil.
   Islands]

Vega \Ve"ga\ (v[=e]"g[.a]), n. (Astron.) [Ar. w[=a]gi',
   properly, falling: cf. F. W['e]ga.]
   A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of
   those constituting the constellation Lyra.

Source : WordNet®

Vega
     n 1: prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) [syn: {Lope de Vega},
           {Lope Felix de Vega Carpio}]
     2: the brightest star in the constellation Lyra