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Aden

Definitions: Aden

Aden

Noun

1. Chief port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location have made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Aden" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a fire".

Date "Aden" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Aden

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.

EntrySourceExpressionField
ADEnglishAden AirwaysTransportation

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

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Specialty Definition: Aden

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Aden, Yemen, is a natural port, built on an old volcanic site and first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries B.C.

Aden consists of a number of small towns: the port city, the industrial city known as Little Aden with its large oil refinery, and Madinat ash-Sha'b, the centre of government. Two suburbs, Khormaksar and Sheikh Othman, lie north of the old city, with the international airport situated between them.

It was the capital of the People's Democratic Republic of the Yemen until the uniting of North and South Yemen when it was declared a free trade zone.

History

The port's convenient position on the sea route between India and Europe has made Aden desirable to rulers who sought to possess it at various times throughout history.

British Rule

On January 19, 1839 the British East India Company landed Royal Marines at Aden to stop attacks by pirates against British shipping to India. Aden was to remain under British control until 1967.

Aden was ruled as part of India until 1937, when it became a Crown colony (the Aden Colony).


Half-anna dhow, 1937
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Aden's location also made it a popular exchange port for mail passing between places around the Indian Ocean and Europe. Mail is known to exist from June 15, 1839, although a regular postmaster was not appointed until 1857. Aden used postage stamps of British India, with no special identification, until it became a crown colony on April 1, 1937. At that point it received a series of pictorial stamps inscribed "Aden".

In 1939, a new issue of stamps included a portrait of King George VI, but the sultans in Seiyun and Hadhramaut (whose territories had been under British protection since the 1880s) objected to this, and so the British government issued separate stamps in 1942, but with the additional inscriptions Kathiri State of Seiyun and Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla (later Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut), plus portraits of the respective sultans. All of these types were valid everywhere in Aden.

After the loss of the Suez Canal in In 1956, Aden became the main base for in the region for the British.

The Aden Emergency

Encouraged by the rhetoric of President Nasser of Egypt against British colonial rule in the Middle East, pressure for the British to leave grew. Following Nasser's creation of the United Arab Republic, attempts to incorporate Yemen in turn threatened Aden. To counter this, but in opposition to much of the Aden population, the British founded the South Arabian Federation, incorporating Aden (on January 18 1963) and the lands of the Aden protectorates that would later become South Yemen.

In 1963 fighting between Egyptian forces and British-lead Saudi-financed guerrillas in South Yemen, spread to Aden Colony with the formation of the National Liberation Front (NLF) who hoped to force out the British. Hostilities started with a grenade attack by the NFL against the British High Commissioner on December 10, 1963, killing one person and injuring fifty, and a "state of emergency" was declared.

In January 1964, the British moved into the Radfan hills in the border region to confront Egyptian backed guerrillas, later reinforced by the NLF. By October they had largely been suppressed, and the NFL switched to grenade attacks against off-duty military personnel and police officers elsewhere in the Aden Colony.

In 1964, the new British government under Harold Wilson announced their intention to hand over power to the South Arabian Federation in 1968, but that the British military would remain. In 1965 there were around 280 guerrilla attacks, and over 500 in 1965. In 1966 the British Government announced that all British forces would be withdrawn at independence. In response, the security situation deteriorated, with the creation of the socialist Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY), which started to attack the NLF in a bid for power, as well as attacking the British.

In January 1967 there were mass riots of NFL and FLOSY supporters in the old Arab quarter of Aden town, which continued until mid February, despite the intervention of British troops.  During the period there were many attacks on the troops, and an Aden Airlines DC3 plane was destroyed in the air with no survivors.  At the same time, the members of FLOSY and the NFL were also killing each other in large numbers.

On June 20 1967 there was a mutiny in the South Arabian Federation Army, which also spread to the police, although order was restored by the British.

On November 30, 1967 the British finally pulled out, leaving Aden under NLF control. The Royal Marines, who had been the first British troops to occupy Aden in 1839, were the last to leave.

Independence

Following the British departure and a short civil war, the sultans were all overthrown in 1967. After radical Marxist elements gained power in 1969, the state was declared the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen on December 1, 1970.

On July 7, 1994 Aden was occupied by troops from North Yemen.

See also

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aden."

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Crosswords: Aden

English words defined with "Aden": capital of DjiboutiDjiboutiGulf of Aden. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Aden" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (Aden), Danish (Aden), Dutch (Aden), French (Aden), German (aden), Papiamen (among, between, in it, inside), Turkish (Eden, garden of eden).

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Modern Usage: Aden

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

C'est arrivé Aden (1956)

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

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Commercial Usage: Aden

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Music

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

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Image Slideshow: Aden

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Aden

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Honors are rendered as the remains of five sailors killed in an apparent attack on the USS Cole are escorted from a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 13. The Navy destroyer was in the port of Aden, Yemen, when the incident occurred.

Members of the 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard carry the remains of fallen sailors from the USS Cole out of a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct.13. The Navy destroyer was in the port of Aden, Yemen, when the incident occurred. (Photo b.

The procession carrying the remains of five sailors killed in an apparent attack on the USS Cole crosses the flightline at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct 13. The Navy destroyer was in the port of Aden, Yemen, when the incident occurred. (P.; photo by Master..

At anchor in Aden harbor, 18 May 1953, while she was en route to take part in the Korean War. Among the planes on her flight deck are a few Douglas F3D "Skyknight" all-weather fighters, parked just in front of the carrier's island.Credit: NAVY.

Ships in harbor, Aden, Arabia, during tour made by Ulysses S. Grant.Credit: Library of Congress.

Bob Aden studying. University of Nebraska, Lincoln.Credit: Library of Congress.

Port of Aden from the sea.Credit: Library of Congress.

Native boys on the boat at Aden.Credit: Library of Congress.

Port of Aden from the sea.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Aden

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Yemen

Somali-language education is provided in urban areas of Aden. (references)

Yemen

Only one newspaper, the thrice-weekly Aden independent al-Ayyam, owns its own press. (references)

Yemen

Other nationalities must apply for refugee status at UNHCR's offices in Sana'a or Aden. (references)

Economic History

Yemen

Channel Two transmits from Aden for local viewers only. (references)

Yemen

The incident did not have a major impact on ship traffic at the port of Aden. (references)

Yemen

In May 2001, a new terminal at Aden International Airport was officially opened. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

Although several female judges continue to practice in Aden, there are no female judges in northern courts. (references)

Djibouti

Two others, Mohamed Hasan Farah and Abdi Bouh Aden, who had been in detention since 1993, were sentenced to 8 years, including time served. (references)

Djibouti

On April 4, police arrested Aden Robleh Awaleh, president of the opposition National Democratic Party (PND), pending trial for the 1990 bomb attack at the Cafe de Paris restaurant. (references)

Minorities

Yemen

Apart from a small but undetermined number of Christians and Hindus of South Asian origin in Aden, Jews are the only indigenous religious minority. (references)

Political Economy

Yemen

The latter came to the fore following the terrorist attack against the USS Cole in Aden Harbor on October 12, 2000. As a result, the two countries have cooperated extensively on the investigation into the attack and the USG has increased anti-terrorism training to the Yemeni government. (references)

Yemen

The campaign of bombings--the devices sometimes were little more than noise makers--that had continued for several years, particularly in the southern governorates, appeared to have abated, although there were several explosions during the year, including the detonation of three small bombs in Aden early in the year. (references)

Trade

Yemen

In March 1996, it signed a contract with Yeminvest to develop a container port facility in part of the Aden Free Zone area. (references)

Yemen

On March 19, 1999, phase one of the Aden Container Terminal opened under the operation and majority ownership of the Port of Singapore Authority. (references)

Yemen

Free Trade Zones/warehouses: The Yemeni government passed its Free Trade Zone Law (Law 4 of 1993), and designated 170 sq. km. of land in Aden as the first free trade zone. (references)

Travel

Yemen

Malaria is prevalent in coastal areas, so visitors to Aden, Hodeidah, Mokha, or Mukalla should take preventive measures. (references)

Yemen

Aden, Hodeidah and Mukalla experience temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit for half of the year, usually accompanied by high humidity. (references)

Women

Yemen

The only institutionalized aid program for victims is a small shelter for battered women in Aden. (references)

Worker Rights

Yemen

There are no export processing zones (EPZ's) in operation; an EPZ is planned for Aden. (references)

Yemen

In April workers at the National Dockyard in Aden struck for 3 days to demand equal employment benefits with workers at the Port of Aden. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Aden

"Aden" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 71.74% of the time. "Aden" is used about 46 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)71.74%3360,273
Noun (singular)28.26%1397,576
                    Total100.00%46N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Aden

The following table summarizes the usage of "Aden" 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
AdenLast name1,00015,003
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Aden

"Aden" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a fire".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Aden."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
AdenMaleN/AAidan
AidenMaleN/AAidan
EdanaFemaleN/AAidan
AidanMale, FemaleIrishAodhán
AodhMaleIrishN/A
AodhánMaleIrishAodh
EdanMaleIrishAidan
AidanMale, FemaleScottishAodhán
AodhMaleScottishN/A
AodhánMaleScottishAodh
EdanMaleScottishAidan
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Cities: Aden


1. Aden , Yemen
Location: 12.47 North, 45.03 East
Population (2000 estimate): 395910
Time Zone: 3 GMT
Country: Yemen

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Expression: Aden

Expressions using "Aden": Aden ulcer gulf of aden. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Aden": aden-based.

Ending with "Aden": post-aden.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aden

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

aden

100

aden yemen

81

aden gulf

21

aden young

19

aden forecast

15

aden camera

11

aden sister

8

city of aden

7

aden bowman

7

aden gulf map

6

aden draper

5

aden restaurant

4

aden map

4

aden associate draper

4

aden gillett

4

aden port

3

aden and hotel

3

aden police

2

aden dhow djibouti eritrea somaliland traffic

2

aden bowman collegiate

2
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Modern Translations: Aden

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

Afrikaan

  

Aden. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

阿吨 (Aden-), 亞丁 . (various references)

   

Danish

  

Aden. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Aden. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

Adeno. (various references)

   

French

  

Aden. (various references)

   

German

  

aden. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γόμμα του Aden (Aden gum). (various references)

   

Italian

  

gomma di Aden (Aden gum). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

아" (Aden-). (various references)

   

Manx

  

Yn Aidyn. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adenay

   

Portuguese

  

Áden. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

Аден. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

goma de Aden (Aden gum). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Aden

Derivations

Words beginning with "Aden": adenine, adenines, adenitis, adenitises, adenocarcinoma, adenocarcinomas, adenocarcinomata, adenocarcinomatous, adenohypophyseal, adenohypophyses, adenohypophysial, adenohypophysis, adenoid, adenoidal, adenoids, adenoma, adenomas, adenomata, adenomatous, adenoses, adenosine, adenosines, adenosis, adenoviral, adenovirus, adenoviruses, adenyl, adenyls. (additional references)

Words ending with "Aden": broaden, deaden, laden, leaden, menhaden, overladen, unladen. (additional references)

Words containing "Aden": broadened, broadening, broadens, cadence, cadenced, cadences, cadencies, cadencing, cadency, cadent, cadential, cadenza, cadenzas, deadened, deadener, deadeners, deadening, deadeningly, deadenings, deadens, decadence, decadences, decadencies, decadency, decadent, decadently, decadents, ladened, ladening, ladens, leadenly, leadenness, leadennesses, lymphadenitis, lymphadenitises, lymphadenopathies, lymphadenopathy, menhadens, schadenfreude, schadenfreudes, ultradense, undecadent. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Aden" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adan, Adano, adden, Addey, Adea, Adeang, Adenau, Adenet, Adeney, adeno, Adina, Adnew, Adney, Adon, Adugna, Aduna, afen, Ajeen, Aken, Anden, Asdex, Audoen, Aveen, Axeen, Axen, Cadden, Dawen, Eaden, Iaden, Naden, Yadin. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Aden

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dean.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-n"

-1 letter: and, ane, den, end, nae.

-2 letters: ad, ae, an, de, ed, en, na, ne.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-n"
 

+1 letter: acned, admen, amend, anode, anted, awned, baned, caned, dance, daven, dawen, deans, denar, dewan, eland, knead, laden, maned, menad, naked, naled, named, paned, redan, saned, sedan, vaned, waned.

 

+2 letters: acnode, addend, adenyl, adnate, adnexa, advent, aedine, agenda, aidmen, alined, amends, anadem, aneled, angled, ankled, anodes, anteed, append, ardent, ascend, atoned, attend, augend, badmen, banded, bander, banged, banked, banned, beaned, bedamn, bedpan, benday, cadent, candle, canned, canoed, canted, cedarn, craned, daemon, daimen, damned, damner, dampen, danced, dancer, dances, dander, dandle, danged, danger, dangle, danker, daphne, darken, darned, darnel, darner, davens, dawned, deacon, deaden, deafen, deaned, decane, decant, dedans, deewan, defang, demand, demean, denari, denars, denary, denial, dental, desand, desman, detain, dewans, donate, duenna, earned, elands, endear, ennead, errand, expand, fadein, fanged, fanned, fawned, gained, gander, ganged, garden, gnawed, handed, handle, hanged, hanked, hanted, harden, invade, kneads, ladens, lagend, lanced, landed, lander, leaden, leaned, loaned, madden, madmen, maenad, maiden, manned, median, medina, menads, moaned, nabbed, nacred, nagged, nailed, naleds, napped, narked, neared, noyade, pained, pander, panged, panned, panted, pawned, pedant, pentad, planed, rained, ranged, ranked, ranted, redans, remand, repand, sadden, sained, sanded, sander, sedans, sendal, snaked, snared, snawed, staned, sundae, tandem, tanged, tanked, tanned, unaged, unawed, undead, unlade, unlead, unmade, unread, vanned, wander, wandle, wanned, wanted, warden, warned, weaned, yanked, yarned, yawned, yeaned, zander.

 

+3 letters: abdomen, acnodes, addenda, addends, adenine, adenoid, adenoma, adenyls, adnexal, adorned, adorner, adrenal, advance, advents, affined, agendas, agendum, agnized, aliened, aligned, aliunde, amended, amender, amidine, amidone, anadems, andante, aneared, aneroid, angeled, angered, aniseed, annelid, annexed, annoyed, anodize, anodyne, ansated, antired, anviled, appends, aproned, araneid, ardency, ascends, asunder, attends, attuned, audient, augends, avenged, badness, bandage, bandeau, banders, bandied, bandies, bandore, bartend, basined, beading, beadman, beadmen, bedamns, bedeman, bedpans, benamed, bendays, blander, blanked, bondage, brained, branded, brander, branned, broaden, cabined, cadence, cadency, cadenza, cairned, calends, canaled, candela, candent, candied, candies, candled, candler, candles, celadon, chained, chanced, changed, chanted, clanged, clanked, cleaned, codeina, congaed, cranked, cyanide, daemons, damners, dampens, dancers, danders, dandier, dandies, dandled, dandler, dandles, dangers, dangled, dangler, dangles, dankest, danseur, daphnes, dapsone, darkens, darnels, darners, dasheen, daunder, daunted, daunter, davened, daysmen, deacons, deadens, deadpan, deafens, dealing, deanery, deaning, deaving, decagon, decanal, decanes, decants, decuman, deewans, defangs, defiant, delaine, demands, demeans, denarii, denials, dentals, dentate, deodand, depaint, deplane, deraign, derange, desands, descant, deskman, desmans, destain, detains, detrain, deviant, dextran, diamine, diazine, dioxane, dogbane, dogvane, donated, donates, dragnet, drained, drainer, draymen, duennas, dunnage, duodena, duramen, durance, dyspnea, echidna, enabled, enacted, encaged, encased, endarch, endears, endgame, endleaf, endways, enfaced, engaged, enlaced, enneads, enraged, errands, evading, expands, faciend, fadeins, fainted, fancied, fazenda, fenland, flanged, flanked, franked, ganders, gardens, gladden, glanced, glandes, gleaned, gnarled, gnarred, gnashed, gowaned, gradine, grained, grandee, grander, granted, grenade, groaned, handier, handled, handler, handles, handsel, handset, hardens, haunted, havened, heading, headman, headmen, headpin, hennaed, herdman, inarmed, incaged, incased, inedita, inhaled, inlaced, instead, invaded, invader, invades, jangled, jaunced, jaunted, kalends, knacked, knapped, knarred, kneaded, kneader, kneepad, ladened, ladrone, lagends, lanated, landers, landler, landmen, latened, launder, leading, leadman, leadmen, learned, lindane, lunated, lurdane, maddens, madness, madrone, maenads, maidens, managed, mandate, mandrel, mangled, manmade, mantled, manured, masoned, maunder, meander, medians, mediant, medinas, medusan, menaced, monades, mundane, naevoid, naiades, nakeder, nakedly, nardine, natured, negated, notated, notepad, noyades, nuanced, nutated, odonate, operand, padrone, painted, pandect, panders, pandied, pandies, pandore, paneled, pardine, pardner, patined, pedants, pendant, pentads, pinhead, plained, planked, planned, planted, pranced, pranged, pranked, prawned, predawn, pudenda, quanted, ranched, randier, randies, rankled, ravened, ravined, reading, readorn, recaned, redrawn, reedman, remands, renamed, reynard, rondeau, saddens, sadness, sainted, sanders, sandier, sandmen, sardine, scanned, scanted, seedman, sendals, shanked, sideman, slander, slanged, slanted, snacked, snafued, snagged, snailed, snapped, snarled, sneaked, sneaped, spandex, spanked, spanned, spawned, speaned, stained, standee, stander, stanged, subdean, sundaes, swanked, swanned, tacnode, tainted, taloned, tandems, tangled, tangoed, taunted, thanked, trained, tranced, twanged, unacted, unaided, unaimed, unaired, unarmed, unasked, unbaked, unbased, unbated, uncaged, uncaked, uncased, undated, undrape, unfaded, unfaked, unfazed, unheard, unideal, unjaded, unlaced, unladed, unladen, unlades, unleads, unmated, unnamed, unpaged, unpaved, unraked, unrated, unrazed, unready, unsated, unsaved, unsawed, untamed, untaxed, untread, unwaxed, uranide, vandyke, vaunted, vendace, veranda, verdant, wagoned, wakened, wanders, wangled, wardens, weasand, weazand, wessand, wetland, whanged, windage, womaned, yardmen, yearend, yearned, zanders, zenaida, zonated.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Aden


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 64 65 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -..    .    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100100 01100101 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#100 &#101 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0064 0065 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35707180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Frequency
10. Names: Derived from
11. Cities
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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