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Black Forest

Definition: Black Forest

Black Forest

Noun

1. A hilly forest region in southwestern Germany.

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


Synonym: Black Forest

Synonym: Schwarzwald (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Black Forest

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain region in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is the source of the Danube River. To the west and south, the Black Forest is bordered by the Upper Rhine valley.

The highest peak of the Black Forest is the Feldberg, elevation 1493 meters. Towns include: Bad Herrenalb, Baiersbronn, Calw, Freiburg, Freudenstadt, Lahr, Nagold, Schramberg, Titisee-Neustadt. Rivers originating in the Black Forest include: Danube, Enz, Kinzig, Murg, Neckar, Rench. The Black Forest is part of the continental divide between the Atlantic Ocean watershed (drained by the Rhine) and the Black Sea watershed (drained by the Danube). The forest mostly consists of firs; the main industry is tourism.

See also: Black Forest cake

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

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Crosswords: Black Forest

English words defined with "Black Forest": Neckar, Neckar River. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Black Forest": ClorindaDutch ClocksFoods and WinesGNOMEWild Huntsman. (references)

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Modern Usage: Black Forest

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Black Forest (1956)

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Commercial Usage: Black Forest

DomainTitle

Books

  • Human genetic variation in response to medical and environmental agents : pharmacogenetics and ecogenetics : international Titisee conference, Schwarzwald-Hotel, Titisee, Black Forest, Federal Republic of Germany, October 13th-15th, 1977 (reference)

  • State Corporatism and Proto-Industry : The Württemberg Black Forest, 1580-1797 (reference)

  • Die Schwarzwald-Hochstrasse : im Naturkurgarten zwischen Baden-Baden u. Freudenstadt : Harmonie u. Kontraste e. Landschaft = The Black Forest high road = La route des Crêtes (reference)

  • Schwarzwald = Black Forest = Forêt-Noire : e. Otto-Siegner-Bildbd (reference)

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Music

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Image Slideshow: Black Forest

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Non-Fiction Usage: Black Forest

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

GNOME, n. In North-European mythology, a dwarfish imp inhabiting the interior parts of the earth and having special custody of mineral treasures. Bjorsen, who died in 1765, says gnomes were common enough in the southern parts of Sweden in his boyhood, and he frequently saw them scampering on the hills in the evening twilight. Ludwig Binkerhoof saw three as recently as 1792, in the Black Forest, and Sneddeker avers that in 1803 they drove a party of miners out of a Silesian mine. Basing our computations upon data supplied by these statements, we find that the gnomes were probably extinct as early as 1764.

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Cities: Black Forest


1. Black Forest, CO (CDP, FIPS 6970)
Location: 39.04633 N, 104.66813 W
Population (1990): 8143 (2854 housing units)
Area: 330.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Black Forest

Expressions using "Black Forest": black forest gateau the black forest. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Black Forest

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
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per Day

  black forest

866

  black forest germany picture

6

  black forest cake

123

  b b bb black forest

6

  black forest germany

91

  black forest ham

6

  black forest cuckoo clock

57

  black forest germany map

6

  black forest cake recipe

53

  black forest bed and breakfast

6

  black forest clock

35

  black forest lodge

6

  black forest inn

29

  black forest kennel

6

  real estate black forest

20

  black forest shires

6

  black forest colorado

17

  black forest carving

6

  academy black forest

14

  black forest torte

6

  bakery black forest

13

  black forest picture

5

  black forest germany in

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  black forest gift

5

  black forest restaurant

13

  black forest hound

5

  black forest river state

10

  black forest hermle clock

5

  black forest hotel

10

  black forest grandfather clock

5

  black forest map

9

  black forest colorado home sale

5

  black forest trail

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  black forest furniture

4

  black forest co

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  black forest witch

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  black forest germanys

6

  black forest cuckoo

4

  black forest cheesecake

6

  black forest germany photo

4
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Modern Translations: Black Forest

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

Dutch

  

Zwarte Woud. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

Nigra Arbaro. (various references)

   

French

  

Forêt-Noire. (various references)

   

German

  

schwarzwald. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fekete-erdő. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackblay orestfay

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

šfarcvald. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

selva negra. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

schwarzwald (the black forest). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Black Forest

Misspellings

"Black Forest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Blackforest. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Black Forest

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-f-k-l-o-r-s-t"

-2 letters: brocatels.

-3 letters: alfresco, backrest, becloaks, blackest, bloaters, blockers, brackets, brocatel, brockets, cabestro, cabresto, earlocks, fetlocks, floaters, forecast, forestal, locaters, obstacle, refloats, sectoral, slotback, softback, sortable, storable, tacklers.

-4 letters: backers, backset, balkers, becloak, blacker, blaster, bloater, blocker, boaster, boatels, boaters, bolster, bolters, boraces, borates, borstal, bracket, brocket, cablets, calkers, cartels, clarets, claroes, coalers, coaster.

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Alternative Orthography: Black Forest


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

42 6C 61 63 6B      46 6F 72 65 73 74

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

    

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

01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01000110 01101111 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#70 &#111 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 006C 0061 0063 006B      0046 006F 0072 0065 0073 0074

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

36786769772408184718586

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Cities
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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