Vespasian

Definition: Vespasian

Vespasian

Noun

1. Emperor of Rome who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79).

"Vespasian" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the west", "an evening", "a wasp".

Date "Vespasian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Biographical Satire	VESPASIAN, the man who built the colosseum in Rome for the tourists. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
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Synonym: Vespasian

Synonym: Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Vespasian

English words defined with "Vespasian": Domitian ♦ Titus, Titus Flavius Domitianus, Titus Flavius Vespasianus. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Vespasian": Dying Sayings ♦ Miracles. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	The N-Town Play: Cotton MS Vespasian D.8: Commentary, Appendices and Glossary (Early English Text Society, S.S. 12) (reference) Reading Abbey cartularies : British Library manuscripts, Egerton 3031, Harley 1708, and Cotton Vespasian E XXV (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Malaysia	The overland route from China was cut by marauding Huns, and at about the same time, the Roman Emperor Vespasian cut off shipments of gold to India. (references)
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"Vespasian" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "Vespasian" is used about 9 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)	77.78%	7	133,076
Noun (singular)	11.11%	1	339,140
Adjective (general or positive)	11.11%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

"Vespasian" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the west", "an evening", "a wasp".

The following table summarizes names related to "Vespasian."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Vespasian	Male	Ancient Roman	N/A
Vespasien	Male	French	Vespasian
Vespasiano	Male	Italian	Vespasian
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Language		Translations for "Vespasian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Swedish		Vespasianus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-n-p-s-s-v"
	-2 letters: paesani, paesans, paisans, pansies, passive, pavanes, pavises, sapiens, savines, spavies, spavins, vinasse.
	-3 letters: anises, apneas, aspens, avians, naives, navies, paeans, paesan, paisan, paisas, pavane, pavans, pavins, pavise, sanies, sansei, savine, savins, sepias, sneaps, snipes, spavie, spavin, speans, spines.
	-4 letters: anise, ansae, apian, apnea, apses, apsis, aspen, aspis, assai, avens, avian, naevi, naive, napes, naves, neaps, nipas, paean, pains, paisa, paise, panes, pases, passe, pavan, paves, pavin, pavis, peans, peins, penis, pians, pinas, pines, sains, sanes, sasin, saves, savin, sensa, sepia, sines, sipes, snaps, sneap, snipe, snips, spaes, spans, spean, spies, spine, spins, spivs, vanes, vases, veins, vinas, vines, visas, vises.
	-5 letters: ains, anas, anes, anis, ansa, apes, apse, asea, asps, aves, nape, naps, nave, neap, ness, nevi, nipa, nips, pain, pane, pans, pase, pass, pave, pean, peas, pein, pens, pian, pias, pies, pina, pine, pins, piss, psis, sain, sane, sans, saps, save, seas, seis, sine, sins, sipe, sips, snap, snip, spae, span, spas, spin, spiv, vain, vane, vans, vasa, vase, vein, vena, vies, vina, vine, visa, vise.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-n-p-s-s-v"
	+3 letters: adaptiveness.
	+5 letters: adaptivenesses.
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