AVILA

  

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AVILA

"AVILA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bird".

Date "AVILA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: AVILA

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
AVIEnglishCiego de AvilaN/A

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

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Crosswords: AVILA

English words defined with "AVILA": Priscillianist. (references)
Specialty definitions using "AVILA": Mercador Amante. (references)

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Modern Usage: AVILA

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Avila y América (1929)

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

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Commercial Usage: AVILA

DomainTitle

Books

  • Women Mystics: Hadewijch of Antwerp, Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Edith Stein (reference)

  • Spiritual Pilgrims: Carl Jung and Teresa of Avila (reference)

  • Divine Domesticity: Augustine of Thagaste to Teresa of Avila (Studies in the History of Christian Thought, Vol 74) (reference)

  • The Interior Castle: Teresa of Avila (Fount Classics Series) (reference)

  • Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel-On Prayer (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Image Slideshow: AVILA

Photos:
AVILA

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Photo Album: AVILA

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Avila. Vista general de Avila / J. Laurent. Madrid. Credit: Library of Congress.

Avila Ward. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: AVILA
 

"Outside of an Old Tower" by Alejandro González G.
Commentary: "Outside part of an old tower set, at Avila, Spain."

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

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Familiar Quotations: AVILA

AuthorQuotation

St. Teresa of Avila

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.
To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that.
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can -- namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: AVILA

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Cuba

His father and brother, who are not members of the opposition, were forced into a car and released on the outskirts of the town of Ciego de Avila. (references)

Human Rights

Cuba

Valdivia is a member of the FCDH in the province of Ciego de Avila. (references)

Cuba

On April 23, Damaso Aquino del Pino died in the Canaleta prison in Ciego de Avila. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: AVILA

"AVILA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AVILA" is used about 31 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 (proper)100%3162,296

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

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Name Usage Frequency: AVILA

The following table summarizes the usage of "AVILA" 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
AvilaLast name19,000609
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: AVILA

"AVILA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bird".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "AVILA."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
AvelineFemaleEnglishAvila
AviceFemaleEnglishAvis
AvilaFemaleEnglishAvis
AvisFemaleEnglishN/A
EvelynFemale, MaleEnglishAvila
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AVILA

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

avila beach

165

ciego de avila

11

avila

155

avila inn

10

avila beach ca

139

avila st theresa

10

avila college

78

amanda avila

10

avila university

77

avila magica

10

avila spain

76

avila de santa teresa

9

yiye avila

53

avila de teresa

9

inn at avila beach

42

avila tampa

8

manuel avila camacho

42

avila camacho

7

st teresa of avila

33

avila beach golf resort

7

avila beach hotel

28

avila missy

7

avila beach resort

25

avila steve

7

avila hot springs

25

bobby ross avila

6

teresa of avila

24

avila beach golf

6

bob avila

20

avila boingo john oingo

5

avila beach california

20

avila clinica el

5

avila el nacional parque

16

avila chair massage

5

saint teresa of avila

15

avila mariana

5

avila el

14

avila beach lodging

5

alejandro avila

13

avila don juan middle school

5

avila hotel

11

avila fountain

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: AVILA

Misspellings

"AVILA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abileah, Abiola, Afilaka, Ahilya, Aila, Arvika, Avala, Avalan, Avele, Avilez, avili, Aviram, Avrili, Havilah, Mavala, Pavlita, Vaila. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: AVILA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: avail.

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

-1 letter: lava, vail, vial.

-2 letters: aal, ail, ala, ava, lav, via.

-3 letters: aa, ai, al, la, li.

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

+1 letter: avails, gavial, saliva, salvia.

 

+2 letters: alluvia, arrival, availed, datival, gavials, ovarial, pahlavi, reavail, salivas, salvias, travail, vaginal, valiant, valonia, vanilla, variola, vatical, vedalia, velaria.

 

+3 letters: ablative, aestival, alluvial, archival, arrivals, availing, aventail, avicular, calvaria, carnival, cavalier, galivant, galvanic, javelina, lavalier, lavalike, lavation, laxative, malvasia, pahlavis, reavails, salivary, salivate, travails, vaccinal, valencia, valerian, valiance, valiancy, valiants, validate, valonias, vandalic, vanillas, variable, variably, varietal, variolar, variolas, vedalias, velamina, viatical, vicarial.

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

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Alternative Orthography: AVILA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 56 49 4C 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    ...-    ..    .-..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01010110 01001001 01001100 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

A V I L A

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0056 0049 004C 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3556434635

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Names: Derived from
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Abbreviations
15. Acronyms
16. Derivations
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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