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Definition: Mohican |
MohicanNoun1. A member of the Algonquian people formerly living the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic. 2. The Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican people. 3. Haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Mohican" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
Synonyms: MohicanSynonyms: Mahican (n), Mohican haircut (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Mohican |
| English words defined with "Mohican": Mahican, Mohican haircut ♦ punks. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Ultimul Mohican (1968) | |
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 | Engraving by W. Ridgway after a drawing by C. Parsons, published by Virtue & Co., New York. It depicts Federal warships, under Flag Officer Samuel F. DuPont, USN, bombarding Fort Beauregard (at left) and Fort Walker (at right). Troop transports are standing by in the distance. U.S. Navy ships present and identified include (from left): Mohican, Susquehanna, Augusta, Wabash (Flagship), Unadilla, Pawnee, Bienville, Ottawa, Curlew and Seneca. Credit: NAVY. |  | Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in July 1884, following conversion to a sailing storeship. USS Mohican (1885-1922) is fitting out in the left background, with Mare Island's distinctive large crane beyond. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Photograph taken on board USS Mohican in 1888 by Assistant Surgeon H.W. Whitaker, USN. The Sailors in the photograph are (from left to right): David Ireland, Gilbert H. Purdy, John T. Griffith and John King. See Photo # NH 2889 (extended caption) for more information on these men. Credit: NAVY. |  | Str. Mohican, Lake George. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Steamer Mohican, Lake George, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Steamboat Mohican at dock, Lake George, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Mohican" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 56.25% of the time. "Mohican" is used about 16 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) | 56.25% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 43.75% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Mohican": mohican haircut. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Mohican": mohican-hair-piece. | |
Ending with "Mohican": mini-mohican. | |
| 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 "Mohican"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mohikan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mohikaner, irokesenschnitt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ohicanmay língua desses índios. (various references) индеец-могикан. (various references) การตั"ผมทรงอินเ"ียนแ"ง. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-m-n-o" | |
-1 letter: anomic, camion, manioc. | |
-2 letters: amino, amnic, amnio, chain, chiao, china, chino, macho, macon, manic, mocha, nacho, ohmic. | |
-3 letters: amin, cain, cham, chao, chia, chin, chon, ciao, cion, coin, coma, coni, icon, inch, mach, main, mano, mica, mina, moan, naoi, noma, ohia. | |
-4 letters: aim, ain, ami, ani, cam, can, chi, con, ham, hao, hic, him. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-m-n-o" | |
+1 letter: champion, harmonic, omniarch. | |
+2 letters: antimacho, champions, chromatin, harmonica, harmonics, hypomanic, macintosh, monachism, monarchic, omniarchs. | |
+3 letters: anamorphic, chairwoman, chairwomen, chamoising, champignon, championed, chiromancy, chloramine, chromaffin, chromatins, cochairman, cochairmen, cochampion, enharmonic, harmonicas, hemocyanin, inharmonic, machinator, mackintosh, maraschino, megaphonic, monachisms, monarchial, monarchies, monarchism, monarchist, monochasia, morphactin, nomarchies, phonematic, pitchwoman, stomaching, taphonomic. | |
+4 letters: amenorrheic, amphictyony, anachronism, archegonium, chameleonic, champignons, championing, chiromancer, chloramines, chrismation, chromatinic, chrominance, cochampions, euchromatin, harmonicist, hemocyanins, hemodynamic, hyoscyamine, machination, machinators, macintoshes, maraschinos, marchioness, melancholia, melancholic, monarchical, monarchisms, monarchists, monochasial, monochasium, monographic, morphactins, mythomaniac, nomographic, nonchemical, nonemphatic, nonharmonic, outcharming, outmarching, outmatching, phonogramic, trichomonad, trichomonal. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 68 69 63 61 6E |
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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)-- --- .... .. -.-. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01101000 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o h i c a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0068 0069 0063 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)47817475696780 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, albaner, albanês, албанский |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, alemão, немецкий, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, portugiesisch, português, португальский |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russe, russisch, русский, ชาวรัสเซีย |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailändisch, Thailänder, tailandês, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, englisch, inglês, английский, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
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