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BOMBA

Date "BOMBA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1908. (references)

"BOMBA" is a common misspelling or typo for: Bomb, Bombard, Bombast, Bombay, Bomber, Bombs.


Specialty Definition: BOMBA

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Literature

Bomba King Bomba. A nickname given to Ferdinand II., King of Naples, in consequence of his cruel bombardment of Messina in 1848, in which the slaughter and destruction of property was most wanton. Bomba II. was the nickname given to his son Francis II. for bombarding Palermo in 1860. He was also called Bombalino (Little Bomba).
Another meaning equally applicable is Vox et praterea nihil, Bomba being the explosion made by puffing out the cheeks, and causing them suddenly to collapse. Liar, break-promise, worthless. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Crosswords: BOMBA

Non-English Usage: "BOMBA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (bomb, cracker, slog), Hungarian (bomb), Italian (bomb, bombshell), Occitan (bomb), Polish (bomb), Portuguese (bomb, boy, cannon, Helen, Henry, horse, Hypodermic needle used for injecting drugs, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, nail, needle, peanut butter, point, pump, scag, sharp, shell, smack, spike, white boy, white girl, white lady), Romanian (camber), Serbo-Croatian (bomb, squelcher), Spanish (bomb, bombshell, candle bomb, crackerjack, forcer, pump, thunderbolt), Swedish (bomb, strafe), Turkish (bomb, egg, shell).

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Modern Usage: BOMBA

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Movie/TV Titles

Bomba u 10 i 10 (1967)

Come rubammo la bomba atomica (1967)

Bomba Kemal (1966)

Zim Bomba (1962)

S-a furat o bomba (1961)

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

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Commercial Usage: BOMBA

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Books

  • Bomba De Chicle En El Cielo (First Start Easy Reader) (reference)

  • Jugoslavia e Balcani, una bomba in Europa (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Name Usage Frequency: BOMBA

The following table summarizes the usage of "BOMBA" 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
BombaLast name30024,005
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BOMBA

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

atomica bomba

176

bomba de paleta

10

bomba

156

bomba malaysia

9

bomba nicky

77

bomba lobulo

9

la bomba

43

bomba tsar

9

atomica bomba la

22

bomba de gasoline

9

bomba de vacio

19

bomba de tipos

8

agua bomba de

19

bomba rotatoria

8

atômica bomba

18

bomba de hidrogeno

7

bomba shack

17

bomba latina

7

bomba centrifuga

17

bomba cobalto de

7

atómica bomba

14

azul azul bomba la lyrics

7

bomba como hacer una

13

atomica bomba hiroshima

7

bomba de calor

13

bomba de insulina

7

bomba la lyrics

13

bomba jungle boy

6

bomba email inbox internet like most re users...your

13

bomba casera como hacer una

6

bomba hidraulica

12

bomba potasio sodio

6

bomba plena y

12

atomica bomba de historia la

6

bomba de hiroshima

12

bomba calorimetrica

6

bomba nuclear

11

bomba de sodio

6

anillo bomba liquido

10

accesorios bomba de paletas partes y

6

bomba solar

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BOMBA

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

Swedish

  

bomb (bomb, bombshell). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: BOMBA

Derivations

Words beginning with "BOMBA": bombard, bombarded, bombardier, bombardiers, bombarding, bombardment, bombardments, bombardon, bombardons, bombards, bombast, bombastic, bombastically, bombasts, bombax, bombazine, bombazines. (additional references)

Words ending with "BOMBA": cabomba. (additional references)

Words containing "BOMBA": cabombas. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: BOMBA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-b-m-o"

-1 letter: ambo, bomb.

-2 letters: abo, bam, boa, bob, moa, mob.

-3 letters: ab, am, ba, bo, ma, mo, om.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-b-m-o"
 

+1 letter: bamboo, bombax.

 

+2 letters: bambino, bamboos, bombard, bombast, bumboat, cabomba.

 

+3 letters: bambinos, bombards, bombasts, bombload, bumboats, cabombas, mailbomb, nabobism.

 

+4 letters: bamboozle, beachcomb, bombarded, bombardon, bombastic, bombazine, bombinate, bombloads, broomball, mailbombs, nabobisms.

 

+5 letters: abominable, abominably, bamboozled, bamboozles, beachcombs, bombardier, bombarding, bombardons, bombazines, bombinated, bombinates, broomballs, combinable, embossable, improbable, improbably, mailbombed.

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. Names: Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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