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Definitions: Adrian |
AdrianNoun1. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138). 2. English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st Baron of Cambridge (1889-1997). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Adrian" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone from Hadria". |
Date "Adrian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Adrian \A"dri*an\, adjective. [Latin expression Hadrianus.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Adrian (St.) represented, in Christian art, with an anvil, and a sword or axe close by it. He had his limbs cut off on a smith's anvil, and was afterwards beheaded. St. Adrian is the patron saint of the Flemish brewers. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: AdrianSynonyms: Baron Adrian (n), Edgar Douglas Adrian (n), Hadrian (n), Publius Aelius Hadrianus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Adrian |
| English words defined with "Adrian": Baron Adrian ♦ Edgar Douglas Adrian ♦ Gaignet's green. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Adrian": 16210 ♦ 26210 ♦ 31002 ♦ 49221 ♦ 56110, 58472 ♦ 64720 ♦ 79001 ♦ 97901 ♦ Arnoldists. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Adrian" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Manx (Adrian). |
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Screenplays | Adrian, can I ask you something? (Monk; writing credit: Andy Breckman; David Breckman) Look you don't get it do you Adrian. I showed you how things worked around here because I sympathized with you, being the outsider. (The In Crowd; writing credit: Mark Gibson; Philip Halprin) Nobody tells the truth, Adrian. No, maybe I can't win. Maybe the only thing I can do is take everything he's got. But to beat me, he's gonna have to kill me. And to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that, he's gotta be willing to die himself. (Rocky IV; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Adrian (1969) Der Tulpendieb Adrian (1965) The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) | |
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 | Staff Sgt. Mike Terwilliger (right) and Tech. Sgt. Adrian Williams. |  | After completing the second of three zeroing live-fire rounds, Airman 1st Class Adrian Salgado, Pacific Air Forces, studies his results on target during the combat weapons event at Camp Bullis, Texas. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force-wide compet. |
 | L to R Tommy Roger, Larry Adams, William Jones and Adrian Celestino load tobacco into a drying barn on the Rogers Farm in the Danville, VA area.Credit: USDA. |  | View of large rock formations south of Adrian.Credit: Unknown. |
 | Adrian C. Anson.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Adrian Scott and Larry Parks listen to testimonies at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Adrian Hope family.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Str. Adrian Iselin, May 9, 1914.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | School girls demonstrating cooking methods at 4-H Club Spring fair. Adrian, Oregon.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mother and child at 4-H Club Spring fair. Adrian, Oregon.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Ireland | In the 12th century, Pope Adrian IV granted overlordship of the island to Henry II of England, who began an epic struggle between the Irish and the English which not only burned intermittently for 800 years but which continues to affect Irish politics and bilateral relations to this day. (references) |
Human Rights | Romania | For example, in December 2000, Adrian Georgescu was taken into custody by police and was questioned about his sexuality by police officers. (references) |
South Africa | The amnesty applications of former Minister of Law and Order Adrian Vlok and former Civil Cooperation Bureau operative Ferdi Barnhard were denied during the year. (references) | |
Political Economy | Romania | Its presidential candidate Ion Iliescu (former president between 1990 -1996) was re-elected in the run-off on December 10, 2000. Adrian Nastase was designated Prime Minister. (references) |
Romania | Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is the Head of Government and President Ion Iliescu is the Head of State: they won elections in November and December 2000 that were judged to be generally free and fair. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | An ILO direct contacts mission headed by Adrian Goldin that visited the country in April noted that these reforms "constitute a significant step forward in the application of Conventions Nos. (references) |
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| "Adrian" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adrian" is used about 947 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% | 947 | 7,662 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Adrian" 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 |
| Adrian | First name Female | 9,000 | 959 |
| Adrian | First name Male | 69,000 | 227 |
| Adrian | Last name | 2,000 | 5,972 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Adrian" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone from Hadria". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Adrian." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Hadrianus | Male | Ancient Roman | Hadrian |
| Adriaan | Male | Dutch | Adrian |
| Arjan | Male | Dutch | Adrian |
| Adria | Female | English | Adrian |
| Adrian | Male | English | Hadrian |
| Adriana | Female | English | Adrian |
| Adrianna | Female | English | Adrian |
| Adrianne | Female | English | Adrian |
| Adrien | Male | French | Adrian |
| Adrienne | Female | French | Adrian |
| Hadrian | Male | History | N/A |
| Adorján | Male | Hungarian | Adrian |
| Adriana | Female | Italian | Adrian |
| Adriano | Male | Italian | Adrian |
| Adriana | Female | Portuguese | Adrian |
| Adrian | Male | Romanian | Hadrian |
| Adriana | Female | Romanian | Adrian |
| Adrian | Male | Russian | Hadrian |
| Adrián | Male | Spanish | Hadrian |
| Adriana | Female | Spanish | Adrian |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Adrian, GA (city, FIPS 660) 2. Adrian, MI (city, FIPS 440) 3. Adrian, MN (city, FIPS 262) 4. Adrian, MO (city, FIPS 244) 5. Adrian, ND 6. Adrian, OR (city, FIPS 500) 7. Adrian, PA 8. Adrian, TX (city, FIPS 1324) 9. Adrian, WV |
Expressions using "Adrian": Baron Adrian ♦ Edgar Douglas Adrian. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Adrian": adrian-types. | |
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| 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 |
adrian paul | 884 |
adrian michigan | 593 |
adrian brody | 345 |
adrian | 222 |
adrian rogers | 131 |
adrian grenier | 123 |
adrian street | 105 |
adrian neil rayment | 95 |
adrian college | 92 |
adrian bull | 85 |
adrian daily telegram | 84 |
adrian rayment | 75 |
adrian mcpherson | 63 |
adrian ahern alan alastair alban | 63 |
adrian tyler | 61 |
adrian mutu | 60 |
adrian secret victorias | 57 |
adrian zmed | 54 |
adrian mastracci | 52 |
adrian belew | 51 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Adrian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Adrianus, Adriaan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ανδριάνοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | Adrian. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adrianay Adriano. (various references) Адриан. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Adrian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acrilan, adian, Adina, adrain, Adrea, Adreeja, adria, Adriaane, Adriaene, Adriani, Adrians, Adrie, Agrion, Aldarion, Andrian, Andrien, Ardalan, Ardeevan, Ardilaun, Arduini, Areean, Ariand, Aripand, audrain, Audran, Audrian, Avrion, Azrin, darian, Darina, Idrija, Itrian, Odria, Sadrina, Udairn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Adrian" (pronounced 'A"dri*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Ajouan, Ajowan, ajwain, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian, Amoebean, Amoebian, Amphigean, Anan, Andean, Anglian, Annulosan, Antaean, Antediluvian, Antelucan, Antemeridian, Anthobian, Anthozoan, Anthropophaginian, Anti-American, Antichristian, Anti-Gallican, Antiochian, Antiphlogistian, Antipodean, Antiquitarian, Antisabbatarian, Anythingarian, Aonian, Apalachian, Aphidian, Aphrodisian, Apian, Apiarian, Apician, Apodan, Apogean, Appalachian, Appian, Apteran, Aquitanian, Arachnidan, Araneidan, Araucarian, Archaeologian, Archilochian, Archimedean, Argean, Argoan, Ariman, Aristarchian, Aristotelian, Arithmetician, Arriere-ban, Artesian, Arthurian, Artilleryman, Artisan, Artsman, Arundelian, Ascian, Ascidian, Asian, Assemblyman, Assidean, Assyrian, Asteridian, Astrachan, Astraean, Astrakhan, Astrologian, Astronomian, Asturian, Ataman, Atellan, Athanasian, Athenian, Atlantean, Atman, Atomician, Attitudinarian, Augean, Augustan, Ausonian, Australasian, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, Avestan, Avian, Axman, Azorian, Backwoodsman, Bactrian, Badian, Bagman, Banian, Barbadian, Bargeman, Barracan, Bartizan, Basan, Basilican, Batrachian, batsman, Bavarian, Bavian, Bayman, bean, Bedpan, Belgravian, Bellman, Bemean, Bemoan, Berkeleian, Bezonian, Billman, Biorgan, Birdwoman, Biscayan, Boatsman, Boatwoman, Bodian, Bodleian, Boeotian, Bolivian, Bolognian, Bombardman, Bonapartean, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bondswoman, Bondwoman, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Bosporian, Bothnian, Bothnic, Brachman, Brachyuran, Brainpan, Brakeman, Bran, Brazilian, Breakman, Brelan, Briarean, Bridesman, Briefman, Brobdingnagian, Brogan, Brownian, Brunonian, Bryozoan, Bunnian, Buprestidan, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Byzantian, Cabirean, Cabirian, Cabman, Cadmean, Cadmian, Caducean, Caecilian, Caledonian, Californian, Callithumpian, Callosan, Cameronian, Campanularian, Canadian, Cancan, Cancellarean, Canoeman, Cantabrian, Cantabrigian, Capstan, Caravan, Carlovingian, Carman, Carolinian, Carpathian, Carthaginian, Cartman, Cassican, Castalian, Castellan, Castilian, Castillan, Castrensian, Cataian, Catalan, Catamaran, Cateran, Catilinarian, Catonian, Cavalryman, Cayman, Celtiberian, Censorian, Centenarian, Cerberean, Cercarian, Cerinthian, Cerulean, Cestoldean, Cetacean, Chairman, Chalcidian, Chaldean, Chalybean, Chapman, Charlatan, Charwoman, Chelonian, Chessman, Chian, Chinaman, Chondropterygian, Chouan, Chthonian, Chulan, Churchman, Ciceronian, Cilician, Cimbrian, Cimmerian, Circassian, Circean, Circummeridian, Cisleithan, Cistercian, Civilian, Clachan, Clan, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Cluniacensian, Clysmian, Coachman, Cobswan, Coetanean, Coffeeman, Cogman, Coguardian, Coleopteran, Coleridgian, Collegian, Colorman, Colossean, Columbian, Comedian, Committeeman, Complutensian, Concubinarian, Confucian, Congressman, Conquian, Consistorian, Cooncan, Copeman, Copernican, Coprophagan, Corallian, Corban, Cordovan, Cornelian, Cornopean, Costean, Cotquean, Councilman, Counterman, Countryman, Countrywoman, Courtesan, Cousin-german, Cowan, Cracksman, Cracovian, Craftsman, Cragsman, Cretan, Cretian, Crinoidean, Croatian, Crocodilian, Cronian, Crossbowman, Crossopterygian, Crustacean, Ctenoidean, Cuban, Cucquean, Cumbrian, Cunningman, Custodian, Cyanean, Cycloidian, Cyclopean, Cystidean, Cytherean, Czarinian, Dacian, Dairyman, Dairywoman, Dalesman, Dalmatian, Daltonian, Dantean, Danubian, Dardanian, Daysman, Daywoman, Dean, Deathsman, Decoy-man, Decuman, Dedalian, Dellacruscan, Delphian, Demiman, Demonian, Dermopteran, Desman, Dialectician, Dian, Diandrian, Dictatorian, Dictionalrian, Didelphian, Didynamian, Dietarian, Diluvian, Dimeran, Dimyarian, Dionysian, Dipteran, Dipterygian, Disman, Ditrochean, Divan, Doctrinarian, Dodman, Doggerman, Dogmatician, Dollman, Domesman, Doomsman, Draconian, Draftsman, Dragman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: radian. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: dinar, drain, nadir, naiad, naira, ranid. | |
-2 letters: airn, aria, arid, darn, nada, nard, raia, raid, rain, rand, rani, rind. | |
-3 letters: aid, ain, air, ana, and, ani, din, rad, ran, ria, rid, rin. | |
-4 letters: aa, ad, ai, an, ar, id, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: araneid, laniard, nadiral, radians, radiant. | |
+2 letters: abrading, acaridan, antidora, arachnid, araneids, arcadian, arcading, awarding, carangid, cardigan, cardinal, dairyman, drainage, gardenia, guardian, hairband, handrail, harridan, intraday, laniards, mandarin, marinade, mridanga, parading, paranoid, prandial, qindarka, radiance, radiancy, radiants, radicand, radioman, rainband, tamarind, unafraid, zamindar. | |
+3 letters: acaridans, adoration, aggrading, andradite, androecia, antidraft, antifraud, antiradar, arachnids, arachnoid, arcadians, arcadings, arraigned, attainder, bargained, carangids, cardigans, cardinals, carinated, circadian, cnidarian, draconian, drainages, fairyland, gabardine, gardenias, gradating, gradation, guardians, hairbands, handrails, harridans, hazarding, indagator, jaborandi, mandarins, marauding, marinaded, marinades, marinated, mridangam, mridangas, paranoids, qindarkas, radiances, radiantly, radiating, radiation, radicands, rainbands, tamarinds, tragedian, trainband, trainload, zamindari, zamindars. | |
+4 letters: adenoviral, adjuration, admiration, adorations, adrenaline, aggrandise, aggrandize, aldermanic, andradites, animadvert, antheridia, antitrades, arachnoids, attainders, banderilla, barramundi, brigandage, cadaverine, cardinally, chairmaned, cnidarians, deaerating, deaeration, deracinate, diagraming, disarrange, discarnate, endocardia, eradiating, fairylands, faradising, faradizing, fricandeau, gabardines, garlanding, gradations, graduating, graduation, granadilla, guarantied, handicraft, incarnated, indagators, irradiance, jaborandis, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, lapidarian, maidenhair, mainlander, mandarinic, mandibular, marginated, marinading, mridangams, noncardiac, paraffined, paranoidal, placarding, quadrating, quadrennia, quandaries, radiancies, radiations, radicating, rainwashed, readapting, reanimated, reattained, redamaging, ritardando, smaragdine, tragedians, trainbands, trainloads, undramatic, unsalaried, zamindaris. | |
+5 letters: abecedarian, adjurations, admeasuring, admirations, adrenalines, adrenalized, adumbrating, adumbration, aerodynamic, aggradation, aggrandised, aggrandises, aggrandized, aggrandizer, aggrandizes, alexandrine, alexandrite, animadverts, antheridial, antiradical, appertained, arabinoside, ascertained, banderillas, barramundis, barricading, brainwashed, brigandages, cadaverines, calendaring, calendrical, candidature, cantharides, cantharidin, caparisoned, cardinalate, cardinality, chairmanned, chancroidal, daydreaming, deaerations, debarkation, declaration, degradation, demarcating, demarcation, depravation, deracinated, deracinates, desalinator, diagramming, diatessaron, dinosaurian, disarmament, disarranged, disarranges, disarraying, disparaging, dramatising, dramatizing, endocardial, eradicating, eradication, fricandeaus, fricandeaux, gradational, graduations, granadillas, grandaddies, grandbabies, grandiflora, handicapper, handicrafts, handrailing, harebrained, hydralazine, inaugurated, incarnadine, ingratiated, intradermal, invalidator, irradiances, irradiating, irradiation, jaguarondis, jaguarundis, lamebrained, madreporian, madrigalian, maidenhairs, maidservant, mainlanders, mandarinate, mandarinism, mandataries, mandatories, mandatorily, milliradian, misawarding, naturalised, naturalized, nondramatic, nonrailroad, plantigrade, preadapting, preprandial, quadrennial, quarantined, radiational, radicalness, radiocarbon, radiolarian, railroading, recanalized, redactional, reradiating, reradiation, retardation, ritardandos, scabbarding, standardise, standardize, tearstained, traditional, unaspirated, vanguardism, vanguardist. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 72 69 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. .-. .. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d r i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0072 0069 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)357084756780 |
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