IVAN

  

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IVAN

"IVAN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the four letters", "be", "become".

Date "IVAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1759. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: IVAN

DomainDefinition

Computing

Ivan A Diana-like language making up part of VHDL. ["VHDL - The Designer Environment", A. Gilman, IEEE Design & Test 3, (Apr 1986)]. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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

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Specialty Definition: IVAN

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Iter Vehemens ad Necem (IVAN) is a graphical roguelike game, which currently runs in Windows, DOS and Linux.

Its latest version is 0.430.

Its name roughly translates from Latin as 'Highway to Hell'.

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Crosswords: IVAN

English words defined with "IVAN": Pavlovian. (references)
Specialty definitions using "IVAN": Church of the SubGenius, cycle of reincarnationGrebenski CossacksILISP, I'van, Ivan SutherlandKingly TitlesSketchpad. (references)

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Modern Usage: IVAN

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Like Nero and Ivan the Terrible (Little House on the Prairie; writing credit: Arthur Heinemann; John Hawkins)

Crazy Ivan! (The Hunt for Red October; writing credit: Larry Ferguson)

Here lies Ivan The Optimist (The 10th Kingdom; writing credit: Simon Moore)

Ivan take charge (Eddie; writing credit: Steve Zacharias; Jeff Buhai)

Movie/TV Titles

Ivan Kondarev (1974)

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)

Tzar Ivan Shishman (1969)

Ivan Makarovich (1968)

Soldat Ivan Brovkin (1955)

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

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Commercial Usage: IVAN

DomainTitle

Books

  • Analytic Number Theory, Mathematical Analysis and Their Applications: Collection of Papers Dedicated to Academician Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov on his (reference)

  • Scientific Session on the Physiological Teachings of Academician Ivan P. Pavlov (reference)

  • Theory of Numbers, Mathematical Analysis, and Their Applications: Collection of Papers Dedicated to Academician Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov on His nin (reference)

  • Ivan Albright (reference)

  • The Kurbskii-Groznyi Apocrypha: The Seventeenth-Century Genesis of the "Correspondence" Attributed to Prince A. M. Kurbskii and Tsar Ivan IV (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

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

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Image Slideshow: IVAN

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Photo Album: IVAN

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Tech. Sgt. "Ivan,"stands watch over two KC-10A.

Master Sergeant Ivan Alva, chief of accounting, together with Yoko Vanoss review accounts receivable records from other agencies, such as the Defense Commissary Agency, Department of the Navy, and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, to ensure utility.

Ivan Olson. Credit: Library of Congress.

Let's sit down, Ivan -- we're both in this together!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view of the city of Moscow, Russia, from Ivan Viliky overlooking the Uspensky Cathedral and the Moscow River. Credit: Library of Congress.

Two images of sports in Czechoslovakia: a tennis game and spectators; and Ivan Andreadis and his partner, Ladislav Stipek, playing table tennis. Credit: Library of Congress.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, author of Ivan the Terrible & Ivan the Fool. Credit: Library of Congress.

Every man, a poster at Camp Hood. Taking a cue from the Office of War Information (OWI) poster "If you talk too much, this man may die", Private Ivan A. Smith, editor of the Camp Hood Panther, Camp Hood,Texas, originated this novel method of reminding his. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rice's production of the latest London novelty, The girl from Paris written by George Dance ; music by Ivan Caryll. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: IVAN
 

"Piazza - Pietrasanta" by Tina Lorien
Commentary: "The Sculpture is made by Ivan Theimer."

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

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Familiar Quotations: IVAN

AuthorQuotation

Ivan Turgenev

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.
Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.
However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
... if we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice . . . you feel -- . . in yourself.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: IVAN

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Belarus

In May BOAC priest Ivan Spasyuk was arrested by authorities while attempting to hold a service in the village of Radaulyany. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ivan Mandic, an HDZ hard-liner and the head of Mostar Muncipality Southwest (MSW) continued to refuse to grant permission for reconstruction of the Baba Besir Mosque, one of three mosques in MSW that were destroyed during the war. (references)

Bulgaria

In February and March, journalists protested the appointment of Ivan Borislavov as director of Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) by the NCRT. The journalists alleged that Borislavov's appointment was a politically motivated move by the UDF party to gain control of the state radio station before the June parliamentary elections. (references)

Economic History

Bulgaria

With the help of the international community, former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov initiated a series of economic reforms in 1997 that helped stabilize the country. (references)

Russia

Ivan III (1462-1505) was able to refer to his empire as "the Third Rome" and heir to the Byzantine tradition, and a century later the Romanov dynasty was established under Tsar Mikhail in 1613. (references)

Bulgaria

Bulgaria has followed a sure path towards a market economy since former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) took office in April 1997. Since 1997 the lev stabilized and inflation was tamed. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

On February 13, gunmen shot and killed Ivan Villamizar, a former regional ombudsman, in Cucuta, Santander department. (references)

Yugoslavia

In August 2000, former Serbian President Ivan Stambolic disappeared while on a daily jog in a park near his home in Belgrade. (references)

Colombia

A paramilitary was charged in the January murder of regional human rights ombudsman Ivan Villamizar in Cucuta, Norte de Santander department. (references)

Political Economy

Bulgaria

UDF Chairman Ivan Kostov was appointed Prime Minister by the National Assembly. (references)

Bulgaria

The then-ruling Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) lost its parliamentary majority in elections on June 17, 2001, and the government of Prime Minister Ivan Kostov resigned. (references)

BULGARIA

Parliamentary elections in June 2001 resulted in the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Ivan Kostov and his Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and its replacement by a coalition government led by former king (now Prime Minister) Simeon Saxe-Coburg. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: IVAN

"IVAN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.83% of the time. "IVAN" is used about 572 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)99.83%57111,044
Noun (singular)0.17%1339,140
                    Total100.00%572N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: IVAN

The following table summarizes the usage of "IVAN" 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
IvanFirst name Male53,000272
IvanLast name20033,578
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: IVAN

"IVAN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the four letters", "be", "become".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "IVAN."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
MaloneMaleN/AJohn
VanMaleN/AIvan
GjonMaleAlbanianJohn
YahyaMaleArabicJohn
HovhannesMaleArmenianJohn
IonMaleBasqueJohn
JonMaleBasqueJohn
JoannaFemaleBiblicalJohn
JohnMaleBiblicalYahweh
YochananMaleBiblical (Original)John
YannMaleBretonJohn
IoanMaleBulgarianJohn
IoanaFemaleBulgarianJohn
JoanMaleCatalanJohn
JowanMaleCornishJohn
IvanMaleCroatianJohn
IvanaFemaleCroatianIvan
IvanMaleCzechJohn
IvanaFemaleCzechIvan
JanMaleCzechJohn
JanaFemaleCzechJohn
JohanMaleCzechJohn
JensMaleDanishJohn
JanMaleDutchJohn
JanaFemaleDutchJohn
JohannaFemaleDutchJohn
JohannesMaleDutchJohn
EvanMaleEnglishJohn
HankMaleEnglishJohn
IanMaleEnglishJohn
JackMaleEnglishJohn
JanFemaleEnglishJohn
JaneFemaleEnglishJohn
JoanFemaleEnglishJohn
JoannaFemaleEnglishJohn
JohnMaleEnglishYahweh
JohnieMaleEnglishJohn
JohnnieMale, FemaleEnglishJohn
JohnnyMaleEnglishJohn
JonelleFemaleEnglishJohn
JonetteFemaleEnglishJohn
JonieFemaleEnglishJohn
JochjoMaleEsperantoJohn
JohanoMaleEsperantoJohn
HannuMaleFinnishJohn
JaniMaleFinnishJohn
JoniMaleFinnishJohn
JouniMaleFinnishJohn
JuhaMaleFinnishJohn
JuhanaMaleFinnishJohn
JuhaniMaleFinnishJohn
JuhoMaleFinnishJohn
JukkaMaleFinnishJohn
JussiMaleFinnishJohn
JeanMaleFrenchJohn
JeanneFemaleFrenchJohn
YannMaleFrenchJohn
XoánMaleGalicianJohn
JanMaleGermanJohn
JohanMaleGermanJohn
JohannMaleGermanJohn
JohannaFemaleGermanJohn
JohannesMaleGermanJohn
IoannaFemaleGreekJohn
IoannesMaleGreekJohn
IoannisMaleGreekJohn
YannisMaleGreekJohn
KeoniMaleHawaiianJohn
JánosMaleHungarianJohn
JaniMaleHungarianJohn
JohannaFemaleHungarianJohn
JónMaleIcelandicJohn
EoinMaleIrishJohn
SeánMaleIrishJohn
GiovannaFemaleItalianJohn
GiovanniMaleItalianJohn
JohannesMaleLate RomanJohn
JanisMaleLatvianJohn
JonasMaleLithuanianJohn
JovanMaleMacedonianJohn
EanMaleManxJohn
JonetteFemaleNorwegianJohn
IwanMalePolishJohn
JanMalePolishJohn
JanaFemalePolishJohn
JoannaFemalePolishJohn
JoãoMalePortugueseJohn
JoanaFemalePortugueseJohn
IancuMaleRomanianJohn
IoanMaleRomanianJohn
IoanaFemaleRomanianJohn
IonMaleRomanianJohn
IonelMaleRomanianJohn
IonelaFemaleRomanianJohn
IonutMaleRomanianJohn
IoannMaleRussianJohn
IvanMaleRussianJohn
IvannaFemaleRussianIvan
VanyaMaleRussianIvan
JanMaleScandinavianJohn
JohanMaleScandinavianJohn
JohannaFemaleScandinavianJohn
JohannesMaleScandinavianJohn
JonMaleScandinavianJohn
EoinMaleScottishJohn
IainMaleScottishJohn
IanMaleScottishJohn
IvanMaleSerbianJohn
IvanaFemaleSerbianIvan
JovanMaleSerbianJohn
JovanaFemaleSerbianJohn
JanezMaleSloveneJohn
JuanMaleSpanishJohn
YahwehMaleTheologyN/A
IvannaFemaleUkrainianIvan
EvanMaleWelshJohn
IefanMaleWelshJohn
IeuanMaleWelshJohn
IfanMaleWelshJohn
SiônMaleWelshJohn
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Cities: IVAN


1. Ivan, AR
Zip Code(s): 71748
Country: USA

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Expressions: IVAN

Expressions using "IVAN": Ivan III Ivan III Vasilievich Ivan IV Ivan Iv Vasilievich Ivan Ivanovitch Ivan Lendl Ivan Pavlov Ivan Petrovich Pavlov Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev Ivan Sutherland Ivan the Great Ivan the Terrible say hello to ivan. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: IVAN

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

ivan

211

ivan smith

25

ivan the terrible

204

ivan shaw

23

ivan rodriguez

111

ivan rebroff

23

ivan pavlov

108

the death of ivan ilych

19

ivan lendl

80

ivan koloff

16

ivan zamorano

70

ivan merz

15

by city founded iv ivan

57

albright ivan

15

ivan iv

52

death of ivan ilyich

14

ivan putski

50

city founded iv ivan

13

ivan sergei

50

de ivan pineda

13

furniture ivan smith

49

ivan van sertima

13

ivan reitman

48

ivan shapovalov

13

ivan illich

48

city iv ivan

13

ivan boesky

47

ivan stewart

12

ivan parker

47

ivan cruz

11

drago ivan

36

ivan seidenberg

11

one day in the life of ivan denisovich

36

chevrolet ivan leonard

11

ivan lins

31

feher ivan

11

dear ivan

26

ivan kupala

11

great ivan

25

la muerte de ivan ilich

11
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Modern Translation: IVAN

Language Translations for "IVAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

поздрави иван (say hello to ivan). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivanay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

иван. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người Liên xô. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: IVAN

Derivations

Words ending with "IVAN": divan, minivan. (additional references)

Words containing "IVAN": connivance, connivances, contrivance, contrivances, divans, galivant, galivanted, galivanting, galivants, gallivant, gallivanted, gallivanting, gallivants, minivans, pursuivant, pursuivants, survivance, survivances, vivandiere, vivandieres. (additional references)


Misspellings

"IVAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Iann, Idan, Ifano, Ihan, Ilva, Ioviani, Isvar, ivane, Ivean, Ivi, Ivins, ivn, ivon, Uvaq, Vivan, Xidan, Zidan. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: IVAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: vain, vina.

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

-1 letter: ain, ani, van, via.

-2 letters: ai, an, in, na.

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

+1 letter: anvil, avian, avion, divan, invar, mavin, naevi, naive, nival, pavin, ravin, savin, viand, vinal, vinas, vinca.

 

+2 letters: alevin, alvine, anvils, avians, avidin, avions, caving, divans, flavin, having, invade, invars, laving, mavins, mayvin, naiver, naives, native, navaid, navies, paving, pavins, ravine, raving, ravins, savine, saving, savins, silvan, spavin, vagina, vahine, vainer, vainly, valine, vanish, vanity, veinal, venial, viands, vicuna, vimina, vinals, vincas, vineal, waving.

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

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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. Cities
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Derivations
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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