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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. |
| Domain | Definition |
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. |
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Crosswords: ALLA |
| English words defined with "ALLA": A cappella. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ALLA": Alla Akbar, Anticipatory hedge ♦ Clock rate ♦ Donegild. (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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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) | |
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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. |
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| "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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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Then gave me recipe for what he calls risotto alla bergamasca |
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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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (proper) | 30.95% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Alla | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,765 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
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. |
| 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. |
| 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. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | WsautwV kai o ta duo ekerdhsen kai autoV alla duo |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Similiter qui duo acceperat lucratus est alia duo |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & ealswa se þe þa twa under-feng.ge-streonede oðer twa. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Also and he that hadde takun tweyne, wan othere tweyne. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Lykwyse he that receaved .ii. gayned other .ii. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In the same way he who had been given the two got two more. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Maingon man usab, ang nakadawat ug duha ka talanton nakaganansiyag laing duha ka talanton. |
| Croatian | Isto tako i onaj sa dva stekne druga dva. |
| Danish | Ligeså vandt også den, som havde fået de to Talenter,andre to. |
| Dutch | Desgelijks ook die de twee ontvangen had, die won ook andere twee. |
| Finnish | Samoin kaksi leiviskää saanut voitti toiset kaksi. |
| French | De même, celui qui avait reçu les deux talents en gagna deux autres. |
| German | Desgleichen, der zwei Zentner empfangen hatte, gewann auch zwei andere. |
| Hungarian | Azonképen a kié a kettõ vala, az is más kettõt nyere. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Begitu juga pelayan yang menerima dua ribu uang emas itu mendapat untung dua ribu lagi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Demikian juga orang yang menerima dua talenta, memperoleh keuntungan dua talenta. |
| Manx Gaelic | As myrgeddin eshyn v'er gheddyn jees, chossyn eh neesht jees elley. |
| Maori | Pera ano hoki te tangata i nga mea e rua; e rua atu i riro i a ia. |
| Norwegian | Likeså den som hadde fått de to; han tjente to til. |
| Portuguese | da mesma sorte, o que recebera dois ganhou outros dois; |
| Rumanian | Tot awa, cel ce primise cei doi talanyi, a ckwtigat wi el alyi doi cu ei. |
| Russian | ФПЮОП ФБЛ ЦЕ Й РПМХЮЙЧЫЙК ДЧБ ФБМБОФБ РТЙПВТЕМ ДТХЗЙЕ ДЧБ; |
| Shuar | Chikichcha Núnisan Jimiará Míran achikmia nujai takakmas ataksha Jimiará Míran patakmai. |
| Swahili | Hali kadhalika na yule aliyekabidhiwa talanta mbili akapata faida talanta mbili. |
| Swedish | Den som hade fått de två punden vann på samma sätt andra två. |
| Uma | Wae wo'o pahawaa' to mporata roncobu, narata wo'o-hawo donihi-na roncobu. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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). | |
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. | |
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