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Definition: Alumna |
AlumnaNoun1. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Alumna \A*lum"na\, noun. fem.; plural Alumn[ae] [Latin expression See Alumnus.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AlumnaSynonyms: alum (n), alumnus (n), grad (n), graduate (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alumna |
| English words defined with "alumna": Alumnae. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Alumna" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (schoolgirl). |
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Economic History | Australia | The state produces 40 percent of the world's diamonds; 44 percent of its zircon; 22 percent of its alumna; 13 percent of its iron ore; and 9 percent of its gold, nickel and LNG. (references) |
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| "Alumna" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Alumna" is used about 2 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 (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "alumna"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ehemalige Studentin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | volt hallgatónő (alumnae). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | alumni (alumnus), lepasan (alumnus, ex, graduate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ex-alunna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alumnaay воспитанница (alumnae, pupil). (various references) antigua alumna. (various references) mezun kız, eski kız öğrenci. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "alumna": alumnae. (additional references) | |
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"Alumna" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adugna, Ahuma, Alaina, alaman, alamanni, Alanna, alannah, alauna, alemanni, Alemka, alima, alimni, alina, Allemann, allumnai, allumni, alman, almni, Almunia, Alorna, alsman, Aluma, alumani, alumia, aluminas, alumini, alumino, alumn, alumnes, alumnua, aluna, alunmi, Atumba, aulmne, Aulnay, auna, Blumenau, Malumba, Nalumino, oloman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "alumna" (pronounced 'A*lum"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Erythrina, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: manual. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-n-u" | |
-1 letter: lauan, ulama. | |
-2 letters: alan, alma, alum, anal, lama, luna, mana, maul, maun, ulan, ulna. | |
-3 letters: aal, ala, ama, amu, ana, lam, lum, man, mun, nam. | |
-4 letters: aa, al, am, an, la, ma, mu, na, nu, um, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-n-u" | |
+1 letter: alumina, alumnae, ladanum, manuals. | |
+2 letters: aluminas, ambulant, autumnal, bimanual, galbanum, labdanum, ladanums, laudanum, manually, manurial, monaural, tantalum. | |
+3 letters: alaruming, aluminate, ambulance, anomalous, cacuminal, calcaneum, campanula, galbanums, granuloma, labdanums, lanthanum, laudanums, luminaria, malaguena, manipular, matutinal, nonmanual, tantalums, unamiable, untamable. | |
+4 letters: aluminates, ambulances, ambulating, ambulation, aneurysmal, animalcula, animalcule, autumnally, bimanually, calumniate, campanulas, granulomas, intramural, lanthanums, laundromat, laundryman, luminarias, maculating, maculation, malaguenas, mandibular, manipulate, megafaunal, menopausal, monaurally, mutational, naturalism, salmagundi, semiannual, ultrahuman, unamenable, unfamiliar, unicameral, unnameable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 75 6D 6E 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. ..- -- -. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01110101 01101101 01101110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l u m n a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0075 006D 006E 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)357887798067 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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