You've run into the same naming problem GM did with the Vauxhall/Opel Nova: "No Va" literally means some variant of "it doesn't go" in (at least) Italian, Spanish, and French.

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bobbylarrybobby 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

And Uranus (when spoken aloud) means “your butt”. Is this really a big concern?

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LtdJorge 2 days ago | parent [-]

No, I’m from Spain and have never though about that "no va" thing. Nova comes from Latin AFAIK. It would be "nueva" in Spanish and "nuova" in Italian.

Edit: Uranus is Latin too :)

	▲	SwiftyBug 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		And "nova" in Portuguese!

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jen20 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

While this is a nice story, it's not true [1] [2].

[1]: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevy_II_/_Nova

	▲	macintux 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		If nothing else, perhaps this persistent myth helps reduce the naming conflicts when someone wants to use Nova.