ALLA

  

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ALLA

Date "ALLA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

"ALLA" is a common misspelling or typo for: alas, ale, alga, all, allay, alls, ally, alma.

 

Specialty Definition: ALLA

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Literature

Alla or Allah (that is, al-ilah). "The adorable." The Arabic name of the Supreme Being.
"The city won for Allah from the Giaour." Byron: Childe Harold, ii, 77. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ALLA

English words defined with "ALLA": A cappella. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ALLA": Alla Akbar, Anticipatory hedgeClock rateDonegild. (references)
Non-English Usage: "ALLA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Finnish (below, beneath, under, underneath), French (went), Italian (a, an, at the, to the), Swedish (all, any, everybody, everyone).

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Modern Usage: ALLA

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974)

Zanna bianca alla riscossa (1974)

Håll alla dörrar öppna (1973)

Sgarro alla camorra (1973)

Alla ricerca del piacere (1972)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ALLA

DomainTitle

Books

  • Il Civico museo archeologico di Arona : guida alla visita (reference)

  • Ilya/Emilia Kabakov: Monument to a Lost Civilization/Monumento Alla Civilta Perduta (reference)

  • Hay Una Loca Alla Arriba (reference)

  • Quell'antica festa crudele : guerra e cultura della guerra dal Medioevo alla Rivoluzione francese (reference)

  • I baroni di Aleppo : dal genocidio armeno alla Siria di Assad, un secolo di storia dalle finestre del più noto albergo del Medioriente (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Verdi - Attila / Jérôme Savary · Riccardo Muti · Samuel Ramey · Teatro alla Scala (reference)

  • Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte / Muti, Dessi, Ziegler, Teatro alla Scala (reference)

  • I Sette Nani alla Riscossa (The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue) (reference)

  • Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pretre, Domingo, Teatro Alla Scala (reference)

  • Gioachino Rossini - William Tell / Luca Ronconi · Riccardo Muti · G. Zancanaro · C. Merritt · Teatro alla Scala (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: ALLA

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Velio Spano, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - deputato alla costituente. Credit: Library of Congress.

Giuseppe Di Vittorio, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - segretario gen. responsabile della C.G.I.L. - vice segretario della federazione sindacale mondiale - deputato alla costituente. Credit: Library of Congress.

Giovanni Roveda, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - segretario gen. responsabile della F.I.O.M. - deputato alla costituente. Credit: Library of Congress.

Interior view of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Due uomini che attendono alla pelature di un maiale (Farnese). Credit: Library of Congress.

L'Imperatore Trajano, alla caccia / Pinelli inv. e inc. Roma 1829. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fortsatt bekampa arbetsloshet! : fler har arbete nu an nagonsin, men det maste finnas jobb at alla : Folkpartiet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Trygghet at alla : billigara bostader, breddat pensionsskydd, battre utbildning, arbete pa hemorten : Svenska Folkpartiet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Presidentvalet galler oss alla : Svenska folkpartiet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Det galler var framtid : arbete at alla, barnvanligt samhalle, trygga energikallor : Centern-alternativet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: ALLA
 

"Rome 15/02/2003" by Paolo Bosani
Commentary: "Ingresso alla manifestazione della Pace di Roma a febbraio."
"Rimini 1985" by Djalma Patricio
Commentary: "Bambii alla fontana."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Use in Literature: ALLA

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Then gave me recipe for what he calls risotto alla bergamasca

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ALLA

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Human Rights

Eritrea

In July the Government closed the Alla camp and permitted the 50 detainees to live in Asmara, although some are believed to have left voluntarily. (references)

Eritrea

In mid-January the Government closed the Ethiopian detention center in Afabet, leaving open only the center at Alla, where 50 Ethiopians continued to reside. (references)

Eritrea

In 2000 the Government established detention camps for Ethiopians scheduled for repatriation or deportation in a number of areas, including Wia, Sheib, Alla, Afabet, Megarih, Shiketi, and Wekerti. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ALLA

"ALLA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "ALLA" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)66.67%2865,706
Noun (proper)30.95%1397,576
Unclassified Items2.38%1339,140
                    Total100.00%42N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: ALLA

The following table summarizes the usage of "ALLA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AllaFirst name Female2,0002,765
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: ALLA

Expressions using "ALLA": Alla breve alla Nazimova Dieci alla dodicesima flops,ovvero 1000 miliardi di operazioni al secondo. perforatrice per operazioni alla scatola cranica. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ALLA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

alla

66

penne alla vodka recipe

7

alla pugacheva

51

alla barnen skämt

7

alla ever quest

30

alla carbonara spaghetti

6

mas alla

23

alice alla älskar

6

alla här kommer känslorna

23

alla prima

6

alla barnen

21

alla gorbacheva

5

penne alla vodka

18

alla stranden

5

teatro alla scala

14

alla dag hjärtans

5

alla gessle här kommer känslorna per

13

alla en el rancho grande

5

alla för pc

12

alla comunicacion con el mas

5

rondo alla turca

11

alla el mas

5

alla eq

10

alla baccalà vicentina

5

alla pugachova

10

alla del luce sole

5

alla turca

10

alla korot

5

alla nazimova

10

alla holy nature

4

alla en gång här kommer känslorna och på samma

9

alla canto vita

4

alla barnen historier

8

alla dia lysator.liu.se

4

alla de los mas sueños

8

alla svenska visor

4

aca alla monicas y

7

alla bien del del mal mas y

4

alla email marketing software

7

alla aqui de de ni no soy soy

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ALLA

Language Translations for "ALLA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Italian

  

IRS (all'accertamento e all'esenzione delle imposte dirette nonché responsabile del-l'applicazione delle disposiz.di legge in materia fiscale., Internal Revenue Service(Dipartimento delle Imposte)Denominazione di una sezione del Ministero del Tesoro degli Stati Uniti, preposto alla determinazione). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allaay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: ALLA

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 25, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintWsautwV kai o ta duo ekerdhsen kai autoV alla duo
Latin405VulgateSimiliter qui duo acceperat lucratus est alia duo
Old English990West Saxon& ealswa se þe þa twa under-feng.ge-streonede oðer twa.
Middle English1395WyclifAlso and he that hadde takun tweyne, wan othere tweyne.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleLykwyse he that receaved .ii. gayned other .ii.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
Basic English1964OgdenIn the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: ALLA

LanguageMatthew Chapter 25, Verse 17
CebuanoMaingon man usab, ang nakadawat ug duha ka talanton nakaganansiyag laing duha ka talanton.
CroatianIsto tako i onaj sa dva stekne druga dva.
DanishLigeså vandt også den, som havde fået de to Talenter,andre to.
DutchDesgelijks ook die de twee ontvangen had, die won ook andere twee.
FinnishSamoin kaksi leiviskää saanut voitti toiset kaksi.
FrenchDe même, celui qui avait reçu les deux talents en gagna deux autres.
GermanDesgleichen, der zwei Zentner empfangen hatte, gewann auch zwei andere.
HungarianAzonképen a kié a kettõ vala, az is más kettõt nyere.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBegitu juga pelayan yang menerima dua ribu uang emas itu mendapat untung dua ribu lagi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDemikian juga orang yang menerima dua talenta, memperoleh keuntungan dua talenta.
Manx GaelicAs myrgeddin eshyn v'er gheddyn jees, chossyn eh neesht jees elley.
MaoriPera ano hoki te tangata i nga mea e rua; e rua atu i riro i a ia.
NorwegianLikeså den som hadde fått de to; han tjente to til.
Portugueseda mesma sorte, o que recebera dois ganhou outros dois;   
RumanianTot awa, cel ce primise cei doi talanyi, a ckwtigat wi el alyi doi cu ei.
RussianФПЮОП ФБЛ ЦЕ Й РПМХЮЙЧЫЙК ДЧБ ФБМБОФБ РТЙПВТЕМ ДТХЗЙЕ ДЧБ;
ShuarChikichcha Núnisan Jimiará Míran achikmia nujai takakmas ataksha Jimiará Míran patakmai.
SwahiliHali kadhalika na yule aliyekabidhiwa talanta mbili akapata faida talanta mbili.
SwedishDen som hade fått de två punden vann på samma sätt andra två.
UmaWae wo'o pahawaa' to mporata roncobu, narata wo'o-hawo donihi-na roncobu.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: ALLA

Derivations

Words beginning with "ALLA": allanite, allanites, allantoic, allantoides, allantoin, allantoins, allantois, allargando, allay, allayed, allayer, allayers, allaying, allays. (additional references)

Words ending with "ALLA": calla, cavalla, challa, chuckawalla, chuckwalla, walla. (additional references)

Words containing "ALLA": ballad, ballade, balladeer, balladeers, ballades, balladic, balladist, balladists, balladries, balladry, ballads, ballast, ballasted, ballasting, ballasts, callable, callaloo, callaloos, callan, callans, callant, callants, callas, cavallas, challah, challahs, challas, chorioallantoic, chorioallantoides, chorioallantois, chuckawallas, chuckwallas, circumvallate, circumvallated, circumvallates, circumvallating, circumvallation, circumvallations, diallage, diallages, fallacies, fallacious, fallaciously, fallaciousness, fallaciousnesses, fallacy, fallal, fallaleries, fallalery, fallals, fallaway. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ALLA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-l-l"

-1 letter: aal, ala, all.

-2 letters: aa, al, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-l-l"
 

+1 letter: algal, allay, alula, calla, llama, salal, walla.

 

+2 letters: abolla, alanyl, alkali, allays, alulae, alular, anally, appall, atlatl, axilla, ballad, callan, callas, challa, fallal, halala, hallah, halloa, labial, laical, lallan, larval, llamas, paella, paleal, pallia, palpal, plagal, salals, valval, wallah, wallas.

 

+3 letters: abollae, alanyls, albinal, alcalde, alfalfa, alkalic, alkalin, alkalis, allayed, allayer, allheal, allobar, allodia, alloxan, alluvia, alodial, ampulla, ancilla, appalls, areally, armilla, ashfall, atlatls, aurally, avellan, axially, axillae, axillar, axillas, ballade, ballads, ballast, balneal, banally, barilla, basally, callans, callant, canella, catcall, catfall, cavalla, cavally, challah, challas, clausal, cloacal, falafel, falbala, fallacy, fallals, fatally, favella, gadwall, gallant, gallate, galleta, glacial, halalah, halalas, hallahs, halloas, hallway, jellaba, labella, labials, lacteal, lacunal, lalland, lallans, lamella, laminal, lanital, lateral, mallard, manilla, maxilla, nasally, navally, paellas, palatal, pallial, paludal, papally, papilla, patella, planula, salable, salably, seawall, tallage, vagally, vallate, valvula, vanilla, wallaby, wallahs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Images: Digital Art
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Bible Trace
15. Derivations
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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