viva(n = noun.communication) oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce - an examination conducted by spoken communication;
is a kind of exam, examination, test
Lit., (long) live; -- an exclamation expressing good will, well wishing, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
"A wilder burst of “vivas”." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
viva, n. & v. Brit. colloq.
--n. = VIVA VOCE n.
--v.tr. (vivas, vivaed or viva'd, vivaing) = VIVA VOCE v.
viva, int. & n.
--int. long live.
--n. a cry of this as a salute etc.
Etymology:
It., 3rd sing. pres. subj. of vivere live f. L