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CAMILLA

"CAMILLA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an attendant at a religious service".

Date "CAMILLA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Specialty Definition: CAMILLA

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Literature

Camilla Virgin queen of the Volscians. Virgil (AEneid, vii. 809) says she was so swift that she could run over a field of corn without bending a single blade, or make her way over the sea without even wetting her feet.
"Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,
Flies o'er the unbending corn and skims along the main."
Pope: Essay on Criticism, 372-3. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Specialty Definition: Camilla

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In Roman folklore, Queen Camilla of the Volscians was the daughter of King Metabus.

She helped her ally, King Turnus of the Rutuli fight Aeneas over Prince Pavinia.

Virgil claimed she was so fast she could run across the sea with getting her feet wet and run across a field of corn without bending any of the plants.

Virgil Aeneid VII, 809 Camilla is also the chicken that is Gonzo's love interest on The Muppet Show.




Camilla, Georgia

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Camilla is a city located in Mitchell County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,669. The city is the county seat of Mitchell County6.

Geography


Camilla is located at 31°13'49" North, 84°12'33" West (31.230243, -84.209102)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.8 km² (6.1 mi²). 15.8 km² (6.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.16% is water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 5,669 people, 1,994 households, and 1,405 families residing in the city. The population density is 358.8/km² (929.4/mi²). There are 2,128 housing units at an average density of 134.7/km² (348.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 32.30% White, 65.23% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.25% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 2.20% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,994 households out of which 34.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.5% are married couples living together, 33.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% are non-families. 26.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.76 and the average family size is 3.32. In the city the population is spread out with 30.3% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 81.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 73.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $22,485, and the median income for a family is $24,232. Males have a median income of $23,581 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,117. 37.7% of the population and 34.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 54.9% are under the age of 18 and 20.0% 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 "Camilla."

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Synonyms within Context: CAMILLA

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Velocity

Mercury, Ariel, Camilla, Harlequin.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: CAMILLA

Specialty definitions using "CAMILLA": Hunters and Runners. (references)
Non-English Usage: "CAMILLA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Spanish (hammock chair, hand-barrow, litter, sofa, strecher, stretcher).

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Modern Usage: CAMILLA

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Her name is Camilla Rhodes. (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

Camilla, haven't you ever done something for another human being without getting something in return? (The Naked Truth; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks)

Movie/TV Titles

Atis och Camilla (1963)

Camilla (1954)

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

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Commercial Usage: CAMILLA

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Greater Love: Prince Charles's Twenty Year Affair With Camilla Parker Bowles (reference)

  • A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camilla (reference)

  • Camilla (reference)

  • Camilla (Oxford World's Classics) (reference)

  • Camilla [ABRIDGED] (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Image Slideshow: CAMILLA

Illustrations:
CAMILLA

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Photo Album: CAMILLA

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Portrait of Camilla Williams. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Usage Frequency: CAMILLA

"CAMILLA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CAMILLA" is used about 170 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)100%17023,898

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

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Name Usage Frequency: CAMILLA

The following table summarizes the usage of "CAMILLA" 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
CamillaFirst name Female8,0001,040
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: CAMILLA

"CAMILLA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an attendant at a religious service".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "CAMILLA."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
CamillaFemaleAncient RomanCamillus
CamillusMaleAncient RomanN/A
KamilMaleCzechCamillus
KamilaFemaleCzechCamilla
CamillaFemaleEnglishCamillus
CammieFemaleEnglishCamilla
CamilleFemale, MaleFrenchCamilla
KamillaFemaleHungarianCamilla
CamillaFemaleItalianCamillus
CamilloMaleItalianCamillus
KamilMalePolishCamillus
KamilaFemalePolishCamilla
CamiloMalePortugueseCamillus
CamillaFemaleRoman MythologyCamillus
CameliaFemaleRomanianCamilla
KamilMaleSlovakCamillus
KamilaFemaleSlovakCamilla
CamiloMaleSpanishCamillus
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Cities: CAMILLA


1. Camilla, GA (city, FIPS 12624)
Location: 31.22974 N, 84.21006 W
Population (1990): 5008 (1830 housing units)
Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 31730
Country: USA

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Expression: CAMILLA

Expression using "CAMILLA": Limenitis camilla. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "CAMILLA": camilla-gate.

Ending with "CAMILLA": Anna-camilla.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CAMILLA

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

camilla belle

190

camilla decastro

7

camilla

147

camilla flower

7

bowles camilla parker

109

camilla renschke

7

camilla georgia

45

camilla home

6

camilla sjoberg

44

camilla huse

6

camilla castro de

37

belle camilla nude

6

camilla scott

24

inn camilla

6

belle camilla picture

15

camilla en traslado

6

camilla house

12

camilla more

5

camilla sparv

11

camilla huse il kolbotn

5

camilla charles prince

10

camilla porn star

5

camilla vest

10

andersen camilla

5

camilla overbye roos

10

belle camilla photo

5

camilla enterprise

9

camilla sinensis

5

camilla parker

9

camilla la

5

camilla fearnley

9

bank camilla

4

camilla thorsson

9

camilla erotic writing

4

camilla charles

8

camilla georgia news

4

camilla shemale

8

bell camilla

4

camilla martin

8

camilla nude

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: CAMILLA

Misspellings

"CAMILLA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Armilla, Caillau, Camilio, Camilleri, Camilleti, capilla, Cariglia, Carmula, Casillas, Cemil, Charmilles, Comilla, Comillas, Coxiella, Cumella, Gamilla, Jamilla, Kamille, Samiullah, Semilla, Sharmila, Shatilla. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: CAMILLA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-m"

-1 letter: calami, camail, laical.

-2 letters: calla, claim, lamia, lilac, llama, maill, malic.

-3 letters: alma, amia, call, calm, clam, laic, lama, lima, mail, mall, mica, mill.

-4 letters: aal, ail, aim, ala, all, ama, ami, cam, ill, lac, lam, mac, mil.

-5 letters: aa, ai, al, am, la, li, ma, mi.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-m"
 

+1 letter: camellia, climatal, lacrimal.

 

+2 letters: blackmail, camarilla, camellias, claimable, lacrimals, magically, manically.

 

+3 letters: alchemical, anemically, animalcula, animalcule, atomically, blackmails, camarillas, chlamydial, implacable, implacably, malolactic, maniacally, mosaically.

 

+4 letters: animalcules, animalculum, blackmailed, blackmailer, dynamically, gametically, lactalbumin, melancholia, mesalliance, miasmically, misalliance, misallocate, miscellanea, multicausal, multiracial, reclaimable, somatically.

 

+5 letters: academically, alchemically, amitotically, anatomically, aromatically, blackmailers, blackmailing, calamitously, climatically, demoniacally, dogmatically, dramatically, emblematical, empathically, emphatically, harmonically, immaculately, lactalbumins, magnetically, magnifically, majestically, malacologies, malacologist, mechanically, melancholiac, melancholias, mesalliances, metallically, misalliances, misallocated, misallocates, miscalculate, monastically, romantically, semantically, simoniacally, thematically, unicamerally.

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

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Alternative Orthography: CAMILLA


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

43 41 4D 49 4C 4C 41

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

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

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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)

01000011 01000001 01001101 01001001 01001100 01001100 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#65 &#77 &#73 &#76 &#76 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0041 004D 0049 004C 004C 0041

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

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

37354743464635

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Names: Derived from
10. Cities
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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