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Definition: Abilene |
AbileneNoun1. A city in central Texas. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Abilene" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the father of mourning", "the grass". |
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Bible | Abilene a plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Abilene is also the name of several places in the United States of America:
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Crosswords: Abilene |
| Specialty definitions using "Abilene": 67410 ♦ 79601, 79602, 79603, 79605, 79606 ♦ Lysanias. (references) |
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Screenplays | Except for that time in Abilene. Cowboys just didn't get Motown. (Sliders; writing credit: Javier Azpeitia; Margarita Mareo) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Linda and Abilene (1969) Gunfight in Abilene (1967) Gunfighters of Abilene (1960) Showdown at Abilene (1956) Abilene Trail (1951) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Government trucks at Abilene Surveying Red Bluff Reservoir for a sea plane landing site Series of reservoirs and lakes used to ferry sea planes across United States Wire drag party of Max G. Ricketts.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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Economic History | Canada | This network, called CA*Net3 will have a bandwidth capacity of 40 gigabytes per second - about sixteen times greater than the capacity planned for the fastest current US initiative, the Abilene network. (references) |
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| "Abilene" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abilene" is used about 3 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) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
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| "Abilene" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the father of mourning", "the grass". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Abilene." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Abilene | Female | Biblical | N/A |
| Abilene | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Abilene | Female | English | N/A |
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1. Abilene, KS (city, FIPS 125) 2. Abilene, TX (city, FIPS 1000) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abilene texas | 1,804 |
abilene reporter news | 474 |
abilene | 275 |
abilene christian university | 224 |
abilene kansas | 215 |
abilene reporter | 65 |
abilene bank first national | 56 |
abilene afb dyess tx | 52 |
abilene newspaper | 51 |
abilene isd | 45 |
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| Language | Translations for "Abilene"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 阿"林. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abileneay.(various references) | |
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| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 3, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En etei de pentekaidekatw thV hgemoniaV tiberiou kaisaroV hgemoneuontoV pontiou pilatou thV ioudaiaV kai tetrarcountoV thV galilaiaV hrwdou filippou de tou adelfou autou tetrarcountoV thV itouraiaV kai tracwnitidoV cwraV kai lusaniou thV abilhnhV tetrarcountoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Anno autem quintodecimo imperii Tiberii Caesaris procurante Pontio Pilato Iudaeam tetrarcha autem Galilaeae Herode Philippo autem fratre eius tetrarcha Itureae et Trachonitidis regionis et Lysania Abilinae tetrarcha |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soðlice þam fifteoðan geare þæs caseres anwealdes tiberii. Begymendum þam pontiscan pilate iudea þeode. Feorðan dæles rica galilee herode: filippo his breþer feorðan dæles rica. Iturie. And þæs rica traconitidis and lisania abiline feorþan dæles rica. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In the fiftenthe yeer of the empire of Tiberie, the emperoure, whanne Pilat of Pounce gouernede Judee, and Eroude was prince of Galilee, and Filip, his brothir, was prince of Iturye, and of the cuntre of Tracon, and Lisanye was prince of Abilyn, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | In the fiftenthe yeare of the raygne of Tiberius the Emperoure Pontius Pylate beinge leftenaut of Iurie and Herode beinge Tetrach of Galile and his brother Philip Tetrach in Iturea and in the region of Traconites and Lysanias the Tetrach of Abyline |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanius the tetrarch of Abilene, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene, |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 3, Verse 1 |
| Bulgarian | ' петнадесетата година на царуването на Тиверия Кесаря, когато Понтий Пилат беше управител на Юдея, а Ирод<%0> четверовластник в "алилея и брат му Филип четверовластник в Итурейската и Трахонитската страна, и Лисаний четверовластник в Авилиния, |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ug sa ikanapulog-lima ka tuig sa paghari ni Tiberio Cesar, sa diha nga si Poncio Pilato mao pay gobernador sa Judea, ug si Herodes maoy gobernador sa Galilea, ug si Felipe nga iyang igsoong lalaki maoy gobernador sa kayutaan sa Iturea ug sa Triconite, ug si Lisanias maoy gobernador sa Abilinia, |
| Chinese | 該 '' 提 庇 留 在 位 第 十 " 年 、 本 丟 彼 拉 多 作 猶 太 巡 ' 、 希 律 作 利 利 分 封 的 王 、 他 的 兄 弟 " 力 作 以 士 利 亞 ' 特 拉 可 尼 地 方 分 封 的 王 、 呂 '' 聶 作 亞 " 利 尼 分 封 的 王 、 |
| Croatian | Petnaeste godine vladanja cara Tiberija, dok je upravitelj Judeje bio Poncije Pilat, tetrarh Galileje Herod, a njegov brat Filip tetrarh Itureje i zemlje trahonitidske, i Lizanije tetrarh Abilene, |
| Danish | Men i Kejser Tiberius's femtende Regeringsår, da Pontius Pilatus var Landshøvding i Judæa, og Herodes var Fjerdingsfyrste i Galilæa, og hans Broder Filip var Fjerdingsfyrste i Ituræa og Trakonitis's Land og Lysanias Fjerdingsfyrste i Abilene, |
| Dutch | En in het vijftiende jaar der regering van den keizer Tiberius, als Pontius Pilatus stadhouder was over Judea, en Herodes een viervorst over Galilea, en Filippus, zijn broeder, een viervorst over Iturea en over het land Trachonitis, en Lysanias een viervorst over Abilene; |
| Finnish | Viidentenätoista keisari Tiberiuksen hallitusvuotena, kun Pontius Pilatus oli Juudean maaherrana ja Herodes Galilean neljännysruhtinaana ja hänen veljensä Filippus Iturean ja Trakonitiinmaan neljännysruhtinaana ja Lysanias Abilenen neljännysruhtinaana, |
| French | La quinzième année du règne de Tibère César, -lorsque Ponce Pilate était gouverneur de la Judée, Hérode tétrarque de la Galilée, son frère Philippe tétrarque de l`Iturée et du territoire de la Trachonite, Lysanias tétrarque de l`Abilène, |
| German | In dem fünfzehnten Jahr des Kaisertums Kaisers Tiberius, da Pontius Pilatus Landpfleger in Judäa war und Herodes ein Vierfürst in Galiläa und sein Bruder Philippus ein Vierfürst in Ituräa und in der Gegend Trachonitis und Lysanias ein Vierfürst zu Abilene, |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Nan tan sa a, Seza Tibè te gen kenzan depi li te wa; Pons Pilat t'ap kòmande nan peyi Jide; Ewòd menm te chèf nan peyi Galile; Filip, frè Ewòd la, te chèf nan peyi Litoure ak nan rejyon Trakonit; Lizanyas te chèf nan Labilèn. |
| Hungarian | Tibérius császár uralkodásának tizenötödik esztendejében pedig, mikor Júdeában Ponczius Pilátus volt a helytartó, és Galileának negyedes fejedelme Heródes, Iturea és Trakhónitis tartományának pedig negyedes fejedelme az õ testvére Filep, Abiléné negyedes fejedelme meg Lisániás, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada tahun kelima belas dari pemerintahan Kaisar Tiberius, Pontius Pilatus menjadi gubernur di Yudea, dan Herodes memerintah di Galilea. Filipus, saudara dari Herodes memerintah di wilayah Iturea dan Trakhonitis, sedangkan Lisanias memerintah di Abilene. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka pada tahun yang kelima belas pada zaman Kaisar Tiberius tatkala Pontius Pilatus menjadi wakil pemerintah Yudea, dan Herodes menjadi raja Galilea, dan Pilipus, saudara Herodes, raja di jajahan Ituria serta Terakhonitis, dan Lisanias raja Abilene, |
| Italian | Nell'anno decimoquinto dell'impero di Tiberio Cesare, mentre Ponzio Pilato era governatore della Giudea, Erode tetrarca della Galilea, e Filippo, suo fratello, tetrarca dell'Iturèa e della Traconìtide, e Lis nia tetrarca dell'Abilène, |
| Korean | "" 료 가 이 사 가 위 에 있 은 지 열 다 섯 해 곧 본 "" 오 빌 라 도 가 대 의 총 독 으 로, 헤 롯 이 갈 릴 리 의 분 봉 왕 으 로, 그 동 생 빌 립 이 이 두 래 와 " 라 닛 지 방 의 분 봉 왕 으 로, 루 사 니 아 가 아 빌 네 의 분 봉 왕 으 로 |
| Latvian | Bet íeizara Tibçrija valdîðanas piecpadsmitajâ gadâ, kad Poncijs Pilâts bija pârvaldnieks Galilejâ, bet viòa brâlis Filips pârvaldnieks Iturejâ un Trahonitîdas daïâ un Lizanijs pârvaldnieks Abilinç, |
| Manx Gaelic | NISH ayns y wheiggoo vlein jeig jeh reill, Tiberius Cesar, tra va Pontius Pilate ny chiannoort er Judea, as Herod ny hetrarch er Galilee, as e vraar Philip reill ayns Iturea as cheer Trachonitis, as Lysanias reill ayns Abilene. |
| Maori | ¶ Na i te tekau ma rima o nga tau o te rangatiratanga o Taipiria Hiha, i a Ponotia Pirato e kawana ana i Huria, i a Herora e tetaraki ana i Kariri, i tona teina hoki, i a Piripi, e tetaraki ana i Ituria, i te whenua hoki o Tarakonaiti, ko Raihania e tetaraki ana i Apirini, |
| Norwegian | Johannes står frem i ørkenen, formaner folket til omvendelse og døper, 1-18; han døper Jesus og kastes i fengsel av Galileas landsherre, Herodes Antipas, 19-22. Jesu ættetavle, 23-38. |
| Portuguese | No décimo quinto ano do reinado de Tibério César, sendo Pôncio Pilatos governador da Judéia, Herodes tetrarca da Galiléia, seu irmão Filipe tetrarca da região da Ituréia e de Traconites, e Lisânias tetrarca de Abilene, |
| Rumanian | Kn anul al cincisprezecelea al domniei lui Tiberiu Cezar, -pe cknd Pilat din Pont era dregqtor kn Iudea, Irod, ckrmuitor al Galileii, Filip, fratele lui, ckrmuitor al Ituriei wi al Trahonitei, Lisania, ckrmuitor al Abilenei, |
| Russian | ч СФОБ""БФЩК ЦЕ ЗП" ТБЧМЕОЙС фЙЧЕТЙС ЛЕУБТС, ЛПЗ"Б рПОФЙК рЙМБФ ОБЮБМШУФЧПЧБМ Ч йХ"ЕЕ, йТП" 'ЩМ ЮЕФЧЕТФПЧМБУФОЙЛПН Ч зБМЙМЕЕ, жЙМЙ , 'ТБФ ЕЗП, ЮЕФЧЕТФПЧМБУФОЙЛПН Ч йФХТЕЕ Й фТБИПОЙФУЛПК П'МБУФЙ, Б мЙУБОЙК ЮЕФЧЕТФПЧМБУФОЙЛПН Ч бЧЙМЙОЕЕ, |
| Shuar | ¶ Tipiriu uunt akupin pujamu kinse Uwí jeamtai, Jutía nunkanam Punseu Piratu akupin pujumiayi. Tura Kariréa nunkanam Erutis akupin pujumiayi. Itiurea nunkanmasha Trakuniti nunkanmasha ni yachi Jiripi akupin pujumiayi. Tura Apirinia nunkanam Risanias akupin pujumiayi. |
| Spanish | En el año quince del gobierno de Tiberio César, siendo Poncio Pilato procurador de Judea, Herodes tetrarca de Galilea, su hermano Felipe tetrarca de las regiones de Iturea y de Traconite, y Lisanias tetrarca de Abilinia; |
| Swahili | Mwaka wa kumi na tano wa utawala wa Kaisari Tiberio, Pontio Pilato alikuwa anatawala mkoa wa Yudea. Herode alikuwa mkuu wa mkoa wa Galilaya, na Filipo, ndugu yake, alikuwa mkuu wa mikoa ya Iturea na Trakoniti. Lusania alikuwa mkuu wa mkoa wa Abilene, |
| Swedish | Johannes predikar, döper, fängslas. Jesus döpes. Hans släkttavla. |
| Thai | เมื่อปีที่สิบห้าในรัชกาลทิเบริอัส ซีซาร์ ปอนทัสปีลาตเป็นเจ้าเมืองยูเ"ีย เฮโร"เป็นเจ้าเมืองกาลิลี ฟีลิปน้องชายของเฮโร"เป็นเจ้าเมืองอิทูเรียกับบริเว"แคว้นตราโคนิติส ลีซาเนียสเป็นเจ้าเมืองอาบีเลน |
| Ukrainian | ¶ У п'ятнадцятий рік панування Тиверія кесаря, коли Понтій Пилат панував над Юде"ю, коли в "алілеї тетрархом був Ірод, а Пилип, його брат, був тетрархом Ітуреї й землі Трахонітської, за тетрарха Лісанія в Авіліні, |
| Uma | ¶ Hi kahampulu' lima mpae-na poparenta Kaisar Tiberius hi ngata Roma, Pontius Pilatus jadi' gubernur hi tana' Yudea pai' Herodes Antipas to moparenta hi Galilea. Filipus ompi' -na Herodes moparenta hi Iturea pai' hi Trakhonitis, pai' Lisanias moparenta hi Abilene. |
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Misspellings | |
"Abilene" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abbeglen, Abeline, Aberlemno, Abiezer, Anilene, Apioline, Bailen, Bamileke, Baylen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-i-l-n" | |
-1 letter: bailee, baleen, beanie, enable. | |
-2 letters: abele, alien, aline, anele, anile, belie, binal, blain, elain, leben, liane. | |
-3 letters: able, alee, anil, bail, bale, bane, bani, bean, been, bene, bile, bine, blae, blin, elan, ilea, lain, lane, lean, lien, line, nabe, nail. | |
-4 letters: ail, ain, alb, ale, ane, ani, bal, ban, bee, bel, ben, bin, eel, lab, lea, lee, lei, lib, lie, lin, nab, nae, neb, nee, nib, nil. | |
-5 letters: ab, ae, ai, al, an, ba, be, bi, el, en, in, la, li, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-i-l-n" | |
+1 letter: baseline, beanlike, biennale, deniable, enviable, fineable, lienable, lineable, mineable, plebeian. | |
+2 letters: alienable, baseliner, baselines, befleaing, beleaping, bengaline, biennales, breadline, definable, ineffable, inferable, plebeians. | |
+3 letters: ascendible, baseliners, beneficial, bengalines, binucleate, bleariness, breadlines, declinable, enunciable, examinable, expansible, eyeballing, ineducable, inevitable, inexorable, inexpiable, infeasible, injectable, inoperable, integrable, investable, lambencies, licensable, linebacker, listenable, negotiable, neoliberal, noticeable, plebeianly, relabeling, terminable, undeniable, unenviable, unfeasible, unreliable. | |
+4 letters: ambivalence, amiableness, balkinesses, balminesses, beastliness, binucleated, blanketlike, celebrating, celebration, conceivable, disablement, discernable, dispensable, explainable, impregnable, inalienable, inalterable, increasable, indefinable, ineluctable, inenarrable, inequitable, inescapable, inestimable, inexcusable, inflectable, inheritable, injectables, innumerable, inseparable, insuperable, intolerable, lamebrained, langbeinite, liberalness, libertinage, likableness, linebackers, livableness, machineable, medicinable, mentionable, neoliberals, pensionable, plebeianism, pliableness, refrangible, relabelling, retrainable, sizableness, talebearing, unalienable, undecidable, undefinable, undesirable, unexcitable, unliberated. | |
+5 letters: ambivalences, amicableness, balneologies, banderillero, beggarliness, beleaguering, beneficially, bicentennial, blearinesses, celebrations, considerable, cybernetical, deliberating, deliberation, determinable, determinably, diagnoseable, disablements, emblazonries, enviableness, flabbinesses, identifiable, immensurable, impenetrable, impenetrably, imponderable, inaccessible, inappeasable, indeclinable, indefeasible, indefeasibly, indefinables, ineffaceable, ineffaceably, ineradicable, inexplicable, inexpugnable, inextricable, inseparables, insufferable, interminable, invulnerable, jettisonable, langbeinites, libertinages, loganberries, magnetizable, mechanizable, pitiableness, plebeianisms, questionable, reassembling, recognizable, reconcilable, reliableness, renegotiable, renewability, restrainable, ribonuclease, sedimentable, sociableness, speedballing, suitableness, talebearings, tangibleness, tenabilities, unbelievable, unbelievably, unbridgeable, undesirables, unlistenable, unnegotiable, unnoticeable, unrealizable, unreviewable, unverbalized, unverifiable, variableness, venerability, violableness, voidableness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 69 6C 65 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... .. .-.. . -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b i l e n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0069 006C 0065 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35687578718071 |
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