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Definition: Dylan |
DylanNoun1. United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941). 2. (Welsh) god of the waves; son of Arianrhod. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Dylan" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the sea". |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Dylan DYnamic LANguage. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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Synonym: DylanSynonym: Bob Dylan (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dylan |
| English words defined with "Dylan": Arianrhod, Arianrod ♦ slot. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Dylan": DYnamic LANguage ♦ Marlais ♦ Tiny Clos. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Would Bob Dylan be outta line? (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz) So Dylan, what happened to all your millions? (Beverly Hills, 90210; writing credit: Ed Ferrara; Jim Lincoln) For a fossilized High Guard Officer, your Dylan Hunt is one devious human being. (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna) Faced with a universe in chaos, Dylan Hunt recruits an unlikely crew and sets out to reunite the galaxies. (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna) I am Dylan Hunt, captain of the Andromeda Ascendant. (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna) | |
Lyrics | Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) I want to be Bob Dylan (Mr. Jones; performing artist: Counting Crows) Put on a little Dylan (Only Wanna Be With You; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bob Dylan in Concert (1986) | |
Song Titles | Song For Bob Dylan (performing artist: Wally Pleasant) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Dylan Prichertt portrays a black pioneer in a covered wagon. Credit: John Craig. |  | Nancy Harms and Dylan Prichertt portray pioneer woman and a black pioneer at an Oregon Trail wagon encampment. Credit: John Craig. |
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| "Dylan" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.98% of the time. "Dylan" is used about 169 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 (proper) | 86.98% | 147 | 25,998 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 8.88% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.55% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (common) | 0.59% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 169 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Dylan" 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 |
| Dylan | First name Male | 16,000 | 546 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Dylan" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the sea". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Dylan." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Dillon | Male | English | Dylan |
| Dylan | Male | English | N/A |
| Dylan | Male | Welsh | N/A |
| Dylan | Male | Welsh Mythology | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "Dylan": Bob Dylan ♦ Dylan Marlais Thomas ♦ Dylan Thomas. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Dylan": Dylan-biograph, dylan-type. | |
| 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. |
Misspellings | |
"Dylan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dalan, Dallan, Deyan, Deyman, Dillan, Diwan, Dyan, Dyba, Dyban, Dyka, Dyland, Dyli, dylon, Dynan, Dyrlund, Dzyan, Rylane. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-l-n-y" | |
-1 letter: lady, land, yald. | |
-2 letters: and, any, dal, day, lad, lay, nay. | |
-3 letters: ad, al, an, ay, la, na, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-l-n-y" | |
+1 letter: adenyl, dankly. | |
+2 letters: adenyls, blandly, dandily, daylong, dryland, grandly, handily, ladykin, lanyard, laundry, nakedly, nodally, sandfly, synodal. | |
+3 letters: analysed, analyzed, anodally, ardently, candidly, condylar, daintily, dallying, damnably, daringly, delaying, deniably, dentally, downplay, dyspneal, inwardly, ladykins, landlady, lanyards, leadenly, maidenly, manyfold, medianly, nodality, playdown, playland, rancidly, randomly, repandly, syndical, underlay, unplayed, yardland. | |
+4 letters: abidingly, adamantly, adjunctly, adoringly, amplidyne, amygdalin, analysand, ankylosed, beladying, bellyband, blarneyed, chandlery, condyloma, damningly, darlingly, dashingly, defiantly, definably, dialysing, dialyzing, dilatancy, distantly, diurnally, downplays, dragonfly, dynamical, endurably, fairyland, husbandly, hypnoidal, inaudibly, invalidly, languidly, learnedly, legendary, mordantly, mundanely, niggardly, nymphalid, playdowns, playlands, polyandry, pycnidial, radiantly, roundelay, synodical, unalloyed, underlays, underplay, unhandily, verdantly, yardlands. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 79 6C 61 6E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. -.--. .-.. .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01111001 01101100 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D y l a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0079 006C 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3891786780 |
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