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Definition: Blanco |
BlancoVerb1. Whiten with Blanco. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blanco" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Blanco is a city located in Blanco County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,505.Geography
Blanco is located at 30°5'58" North, 98°25'20" West (30.099535, -98.422213)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.5 km² (1.7 mi²). 4.3 km² (1.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.91% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,505 people, 576 households, and 370 families residing in the city. The population density is 348.0/km² (899.7/mi²). There are 633 housing units at an average density of 146.3/km² (378.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 88.77% White, 1.20% African American, 1.33% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 7.31% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. 22.72% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 576 households out of which 32.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% are married couples living together, 13.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% are non-families. 31.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.46 and the average family size is 3.13. In the city the population is spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 79.7 males. The median income for a household in the city is $31,071, and the median income for a family is $40,398. Males have a median income of $27,188 versus $21,845 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,797. 13.1% of the population and 9.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.6% are under the age of 18 and 10.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Blanco, Texas."
Crosswords: Blanco |
| Specialty definitions using "blanco": Flowers and Trees ♦ MALACHRA. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Blanco" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (blank, white), Spanish (blank, butt, fair, interval, kindly, light, Mark, target, white), Tagalog (Blanco). |
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Movie/TV Titles | España en blanco (1971) Blanco Posnets hängning (1969) Comanche blanco (1968) Juramento de Carrero Blanco. Desfile de la Victoria (1967) Rio Blanco (1967) | |
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 | On Cape Blanco looking to the south. Port Orford is to the left out of sight. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Cape Blanco lighhouse. Credit: J. Brende. |
 | East from lighthouse at Cape Blanco. Credit: J. Brende. |  | Lookingnorth at Sixes River from Cape Blanco. Credit: J. Brende. |
 | Leaving Valparaiso, Chile, circa 3 November 1914, following the Battle of Coronel. The German ships are in the distance, with the armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the lead, followed by light cruiser Nürnberg. Chilean Navy warships in the middle distance include (from left to right): cruisers Esmeralda, O'Higgins and Blanco Encalda and old battleship Capitan Prat. Credit: NAVY. |  | Blanco in 1934 : Will the American Army ever come?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Franco, du fliegst hoher als Blanco. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Brooch" by Olivia Castells Commentary: "Dia soleado, el sweater blanco se seca en el patio." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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Business | The biggest importers/distributors of lingerie are Ibsen (Chantelle Societe, Maindenform Itln, Pain de Sucre, Calvin Klein, Passionata), Alicja II S.c.(Garda, Lormar, Lilly, Doremi, Dori, Rose Rosse), Deseo (Princesa, Selmark, Abanderado, Punto Blanco, Ocean), Madame(Simone Perele, First, Lise Charmel, Ravage, Millesia, Nina Ricci, Osore Lanoro, Lejaby, Barbara, Phillipe Matignon, Hanro) and Katerina Trading Company (Magal, Marcella, Antonella). (references) | |
Economic History | Uruguay | Political parties/coalitions: Colorado Party, Blanco (National) Party, Frente Amplio (Broad Front coalition), New Space Party. (references) |
Dominican Republic | The PRD's presidential candidate, Salvador Jorge Blanco, won the 1982 elections, and the PRD gained a majority in both houses of Congress. (references) | |
Human Rights | Venezuela | The DISIP first claimed that it had no agents in the area at the time, and then reversed itself but stated that it did not have Blanco and Monasterio in detention. (references) |
Political Economy | Uruguay | The two traditional parties, the Colorado and the Blanco (national), have existed in their present form for most of this century. (references) |
Uruguay | In the minority for most of its existence, the 1990-95 administration of president Luis Alberto Lacalle was only the third Blanco administration this century. (references) | |
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| "Blanco" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Blanco" is used about 88 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) | 100% | 88 | 35,154 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "blanco" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Blanco | Last name | 8,000 | 1,474 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Chile | Sociedad de Inv. Oro Blanco S.A. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Blanco, NM 2. Blanco, OK 3. Blanco, TX (city, FIPS 8536) |
Expressions using "blanco": Blanco County ♦ in blanco kopen ♦ Matajuelo blanco ♦ Palo blanco ♦ Ri]o Blanco ♦ Rio Blanco County. Additional references. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
blanco | 255 | blanco river | 16 |
blanco sink | 189 | punto blanco underwear | 16 |
blanco gonzalez raul | 104 | hoja en blanco | 16 |
blanco texas | 90 | blanco y negro | 16 |
blanco tiburon | 61 | al blanco tiro | 15 |
blanco cuauhtemoc | 51 | pueblo bonito blanco | 15 |
blanco celia | 49 | blanco kathleen | 14 |
blanco tigre | 45 | blanco stainless steel sink | 13 |
blanco kitchen sink | 44 | blanco guillermo | 13 |
punto blanco | 29 | blanco sergio | 13 |
belen blanco | 27 | colmillo blanco | 12 |
queso blanco | 26 | irma blanco | 11 |
andres eloy blanco | 24 | blanco dibujos en negro y | 11 |
blanco gonzales raul | 24 | blanco county texas | 11 |
blanco state park | 24 | blanco gabriel | 11 |
blanco fotos negro y | 24 | blanco fotografia negro y | 10 |
blanco faucet | 24 | blanco jodee | 10 |
faro blanco | 21 | antonio blanco guzman | 10 |
en blanco y negro | 18 | blanco dibujos negro y | 10 |
blanco isd | 17 | blanco gonzález raúl | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "blanco"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Tagalog | blanco. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Blanco" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Belanov, Belasco, Bellanoch, Bladnoch, Blanchot, Blando, Blinco, Blincow, Bluecol. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-l-n-o" | |
-1 letter: bacon, banco. | |
-2 letters: bloc, bola, calo, clan, clon, coal, cola, loan, loca. | |
-3 letters: abo, alb, bal, ban, boa, cab, can, cob, col, con, lab, lac, lob, nab, nob, oca. | |
-4 letters: ab, al, an, ba, bo, la, lo, na, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-l-n-o" | |
+1 letter: balcony, coalbin. | |
+2 letters: anabolic, bioclean, carbinol, carbonyl, coalbins, coinable, cornball, nonblack. | |
+3 letters: albinotic, balconied, balconies, binocular, botanical, bronchial, canoeable, carbinols, carbonyls, cobalamin, cobaltine, connubial, constable, cornballs, countable, countably, nonblacks. | |
+4 letters: actionable, actionably, baldachino, barleycorn, becloaking, bilocation, binoculars, blackthorn, blockading, boldfacing, botanicals, cannabinol, cannonball, carbonless, carbonylic, cobalamins, cobaltines, cognizable, cognizably, collarbone, combinable, condonable, conglobate, constables, consumable, halocarbon, insociable, insociably, noticeable, noticeably, outbalance, unsociable, unsociably. | |
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