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Definition: Aga |
AgaNoun1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Aga" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AGA | English | Agropinic acid | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
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See also: AGA cooker
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "AGA AB."
Synonym: AgaSynonym: Agha (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Master | The authorities, the powers that be, the government; staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority; sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aga |
| Specialty definitions using "Aga": Kingly Titles. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aga" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Estonian (but), Sepedi (to build), Swedish (aga, beat, canine, castigate, castigation, chastise, chastisement, flog, flogging, physical punishment, punish), Turkmen (older brother), Vietnamese (agar-agar). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Aga dusen kadin (1967) A Koppányi Aga testamentuma (1967) Lebleci Horhor Aga (1934) Zügürt Aga (1985) Küçük aga (1983) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Mintz, ED, Mishu B, Guris D, Griffin PM. Prevalence of brainerd type chronic diarrhea among patients of AGA and ACG members (abstract). (references) | |
Business | Esaote Ansaldo of Italy and Aga Corp. of France are also present in the market. (references) | |
AGA AB is a major industrial and medical gas producer with approximately 10,896 employees. (references) | ||
Some of the most important domestic firms include Aga Gas AB (oxygen therapy), Arjo Hospital Equipment (rehabilitation equipment), Boden Rehab (wheelchairs), Cema Medical (rehabilitation), ETAC (wheelchairs, walking frames), Swereco Rehab (rehabilitation). (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Afghanistan | Ismailis are Shi'a, but consider the Aga Khan their spiritual leader. (references) |
Economic History | Albania | AGA now also plans to offer export assistance to Albanian firms. (references) |
Kenya | Nairobi Hospital and Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi provide some of the most modern medical services in the country, but their resources are over-stretched. (references) | |
Trade | Kenya | IPS is a venture capital company owned by the Aga Khan, IFC Washington, Kenya Commercial Bank, and a merchant bank in the U.K. IPS offers equity investments up to 40 percent of share capital, provides loans and management assistance. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Aga" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 89.29% of the time. "Aga" is used about 56 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) | 89.29% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Unclassified Items | 10.71% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 56 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Sweden | AGA AB | United Kingdom | AGA Foodservice Group PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Aga": aga-saga, aga-sagas, aga-type. | |
Ending with "Aga": stretched-aga. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aga | 357 |
khan aga | 170 |
aga muhlach | 75 |
aga stove | 45 |
aga gas | 40 |
aga mulach | 35 |
aga khan foundation | 23 |
aga cooker | 22 |
aga khan university | 20 |
aga range | 19 |
aga vogue | 15 |
aga khan prince sadruddin | 14 |
aga cookers | 13 |
aga hotels.com london | 12 |
aga kahn | 11 |
aga oven | 9 |
aga gas inc | 8 |
aga hair loss | 8 |
aga food service | 7 |
aga karim khan | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Aga"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | aga (beat, canine, castigate, castigation, chastise, chastisement, flog, flogging, physical punishment, punish). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Aga": again, against, agalloch, agallochs, agalwood, agalwoods, agama, agamas, agamete, agametes, agamic, agammaglobulinemia, agammaglobulinemias, agammaglobulinemic, agamospermies, agamospermy, agamous, agapae, agapai, agapanthus, agapanthuses, agape, agapeic, agar, agaric, agarics, agarose, agaroses, agars, agas, agate, agates, agatize, agatized, agatizes, agatizing, agatoid, agave, agaves, agaze. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Aga": bisnaga, biznaga, gaga, raga, rutabaga, saga. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Aga": assagai, assagaied, assagaiing, assagais, astragal, astragals, bagass, bagasse, bagasses, bagatelle, bagatelles, bisnagas, biznagas, caragana, caraganas, counterpropaganda, counterpropagandas, divagate, divagated, divagates, divagating, divagation, divagations, extragalactic, extravagance, extravagances, extravagancies, extravagancy, extravagant, extravagantly, extravaganza, extravaganzas, extravagate, extravagated, extravagates, extravagating, gagaku, gagakus, hagadic, hagadist, hagadists, hiragana, hiraganas, indagate, indagated, indagates, indagating, indagation, indagations, indagator, indagators, intragalactic, irrefragabilities, irrefragability, irrefragable, irrefragably, lagan, lagans, magazine, magazines, magazinist, magazinists, megagamete, megagametes, megagametophyte, megagametophytes, metagalactic, metagalaxies, metagalaxy, nagana, naganas, newsmagazine, newsmagazines, nonpagan, nonpagans, overextravagant, pagan, pagandom, pagandoms, paganise, paganised, paganises, paganish, paganising, paganism, paganisms, paganist, paganists, paganize, paganized, paganizer, paganizers, paganizes, paganizing, pagans, plagal, propagable, propaganda, propagandas, propagandist, propagandistic, propagandistically, propagandists, propagandize, propagandized, propagandizer, propagandizers, propagandizes, propagandizing, propagate, propagated, propagates, propagating, propagation, propagations, propagative, propagator, propagators, ragamuffin, ragamuffins, ragas, runagate, runagates, rutabagas, sagacious, sagaciously, sagaciousness, sagaciousnesses, sagacities, sagacity, sagaman, sagamen, sagamore, sagamores, saganash, saganashes, sagas, suffragan, suffragans, tagalong, tagalongs, termagant, termagants, tragacanth, tragacanths, vagabond, vagabondage, vagabondages, vagabonded, vagabonding, vagabondish, vagabondism, vagabondisms, vagabonds, vagal, vagally, vagaries, vagarious, vagariously, vagary, vasovagal, warragal, warragals, yatagan, yatagans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Aga" (pronounced Ä"gu) |
| 3 | Ä" g u | saga. |
| 2 | -g u | Amiga, beluga, conga, malanga, Omega, sevruga, toga, virga, yoga. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g" | |
-1 letter: aa, ag. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g" | |
+1 letter: agar, agas, agha, agma, alga, anga, gaga, gala, gama, raga, saga. | |
+2 letters: aargh, adage, again, agama, agape, agars, agate, agave, agaze, aghas, agmas, agora, agria, ajuga, alang, algae, algal, algas, amiga, angas, argal, avgas, dagga, fanga, galah, galas, galax, galea, gamas, gamay, gamba, gamma, ganja, gayal, gazar, graal, grama, grana, guava, jagra, lagan, magma, pagan, panga, ragas, sagas, saiga, sanga, taiga, vagal. | |
+3 letters: aahing, aarrgh, adages, adagio, afghan, agamas, agamic, agapae, agapai, agaric, agates, agaves, agenda, aghast, aglare, agleam, agnail, agnate, agonal, agorae, agoras, agrafe, agrias, airbag, ajugas, alegar, ambage, amigas, analog, angary, angina, angora, anlage, argala, argali, argals, baaing, bagass, bagman, daggas, dagoba, damage, fanega, fangas, gagaku, gagman, galago, galahs, galaxy, galeae, galeas, galena, galyac, galyak, gamays, gambas, gambia, gammas, ganjah, ganjas, garage, gasbag, gasman, gateau, gavage, gavial, gayals, gazabo, gazars, gelada, goanna, graals, graham, gramas, grappa, guaiac, guanay, guavas, hangar, iguana, jagras, jaguar, laager, lagans, laguna, lavage, magian, magmas, manage, margay, nagana, organa, padnag, pagans, pagoda, pangas, parang, plagal, quagga, ragbag, raglan, ragman, ragtag, ratbag, ravage, saggar, saigas, sangar, sangas, satang, savage, seabag, stalag, tagrag, taigas, vagary, vagina, wangan. | |
+4 letters: aarrghh, abasing, abating, abigail, acreage, adagial, adagios, afghani, afghans, against, agamete, agamous, agapeic, agarics, agarose, agatize, agatoid, agendas, aggadic, aggrade, agitate, agitato, agnails, agnates, agnatic, agnosia, agrafes, agraffe, agrapha, agravic, airbags, alegars, algebra, amalgam, amazing, ambages, anagoge, anagogy, anagram, analgia, analogs, analogy, anergia, angakok, angaria, anginal, anginas, angioma, angoras, angular, anhinga, anlagen, anlages, antigay, antisag, apagoge, apanage, aphagia, apogamy, apogeal, apogean, argalas, argalis, arraign, arrange, arugola, arugula, assagai, assegai, assuage, asswage, ataghan, augural, average, avgases, awaking, bagasse, baggage, bandage, bargain, barrage, beanbag, bisnaga, biznaga, cabbage, carnage, cartage, catalog, coagula, dagobas, damaged, damager, damages, diagram, digamma, dogmata, drayage, fanegas, farrago, flagman, fleabag, gabbard, gabbart, gadwall, gagakus, gainsay, galabia, galagos, galatea, galaxes, galeate, galenas, gallant, gallate, galleta, galyacs, galyaks, gambade, gambado, gambias, gamelan, ganache, ganglia, gangway, ganjahs, garaged, garages, garbage, gardant, garland, gasbags, gastral, gastrea, gateaus, gateaux, gateman, gateway, gavages, gavials, gazabos, gazania, geladas, getaway, gharial, glacial, gnathal, goannas, gonadal, gradate, gradual, grahams, gramary, grammar, granary, grandad, grandam, grandma, grandpa, granita, granola, grappas, gravida, gravlax, graylag, guaiacs, guanaco, guanase, guanays, guarani, gummata, hagadic, haggada, haggard, handbag, hangars, hangman, hangtag, haulage, haylage, ignatia, iguanas, jaggary, jaguars, laagers, laggard, lagunas, lasagna, lasagne, lavages, leafage, leakage, logania, magenta, magians, magical, magmata, magnate, mahuang, mailbag, majagua, malanga, managed, manager, manages, mangaby, margays, massage, megabar, myalgia, naganas, nametag, organza, otalgia, package, padnags, pageant, paginal, pagodas, pangram, paragon, parangs, parerga, passage, patagia, pawnage, piragua, podagra, quaggas, quahaug, quayage, ragbags, raglans, ragtags, rampage, ratbags, ravaged, ravager, ravages, realgar, regalia, regatta, regmata, sagaman, sagamen, saggard, saggars, saguaro, salvage, sandbag, sangars, sangria, sapsago, satangs, sausage, savaged, savager, savages, scalage, seabags, siamang, smaragd, soakage, stalags, swagman, tagrags, tallage, tanager, tangram, tankage, tannage, tautaug, teargas, thanage, trangam, vagally, vaginae, vaginal, vaginas, vagrant, vantage, waftage, wagtail, wangans, wanigan, wantage, warpage, washrag, wastage, wattage, yardage, yatagan, zingara. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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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).- --. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0061 |
| 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)357367 |
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