Cassandra

Definition: Cassandra

Cassandra

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed.

"Cassandra" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "shining upon the people".

Date "Cassandra" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Cassandra Daughter of Priam, gifted with the power of prophecy; but Apollo, whom she had offended, brought it to pass that no one believed her predictions. (Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida.) "Those who foresee and predict the downfall, meet with the fate of Cassandra."- The Times. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Oracle	Noun: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter.
Warning	Handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag; fog-signal, foghorn; siren; monitor, warning voice, Cassandra, signs of the times, Mother Cary's chickens, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Cassandra

English words defined with "Cassandra": Leather leaf ♦ Priam. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Cassandra": Alexandra ♦ John-a-Droynes ♦ O'roondates ♦ Statira ♦ Youth. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Cassandra" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Dutch (Cassandra).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Her name was Cassandra, she was a psychic, she gave me her phone number (Spaced; writing credit: Simon Pegg; Jessica Stevenson)
Movie/TV Titles	Cassandra (1986) The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Code Name Cassandra (1-800-Where-R-You, 2) (reference) The Cassandra Complex (reference) The Death of a Much-Travelled Woman: And Other Adventures with Cassandra Reilly (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Cassandra Crossing (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Bach: Cassandra (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A woman has the right to protect herself from mental and physical abuse : clear Cassandra Peten.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Time Enough for Love	Robert Heinlein	Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer. Youth is the true Saturnian Reign, the Golden Age on earth again, when figs are grown on thistles, and pigs betailed with whistles and, wearing silken bristles, live ever in clover, and clows fly over, delivering milk at every door, and Justice never is heard to snore, and every assassin is made a ghost and, howling, is cast into Baltimost! Polydore Smith Z
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Cassandra" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cassandra" is used about 45 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%	45	50,900

The following table summarizes the usage of "Cassandra" 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
Cassandra	First name Female	72,000	269
Cassandra	Last name	130	65,105
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Cassandra" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "shining upon the people".

The following table summarizes names related to "Cassandra."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Cass	Female	English	Cassandra
Cassandra	Female	English	N/A
Kasandra	Female	English	Cassandra
Kassandra	Female	English	Cassandra
Kassandra	Female	Greek Mythology	Cassandra
Cassandra	Female	Greek Mythology (Latinized)	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Cassandra, PA (borough, FIPS 11616)
Location: 40.40807 N, 78.64160 W
Population (1990): 192 (74 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Cassandra

Expression using "Cassandra": Cassandra calyculata. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Cassandra": cassandra-like.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cassandra

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
cassandra	445	boob cassandra	7
cassandra wild	68	cassandra nude	7
cassandra claire	59	cassandra troy	7
cassandra wilde	58	cassandra fever	7
cassandra floyd	51	cassandra kincaid	7
cassandra curve	27	cain cassandra	7
busty cassandra	24	cassandra rodriguez	7
cassandra scoreland	23	by cassandra claire draco veritas	6
cassandra porn star	21	cassandra knight	6
cassandra harris	17	cassandra campbell	6
big cassandra tit	17	cassandra lane	6
cassandra leigh	15	cassandra naked	6
cassandra crossing	12	cassandra mistress	6
cassandra tit	12	cassandra lee	6
anita cassandra	11	cassandra peter	6
cassandra porn	11	cassandra petersen	6
carter cassandra	11	cassandra slovenia	6
cassandra stanton	9	cassandra pennsylvania	6
cassandra williams	8	cassandra delaney	5
cassandra complex	7	cassandra reed	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Cassandra

Language		Translations for "Cassandra"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		Cassandra. (various references)

Esperanto		Kasandro. (various references)

French		Cassandre. (various references)

German		Kassandra. (various references)

Pig Latin		assandracay

Russian		кассандра. (various references)

Turkish		Kötü Olayları Önceden Haber Veren Kimse. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Cassandra

Misspellings
	"Cassandra" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: casandra, Cassandre, cassandring, Cassinari. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Cassandra

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: sandaracs.
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-n-r-s-s"
	-1 letter: sandarac, sardanas.
	-2 letters: canards, sardana.
	-3 letters: arcana, asanas, canard, sansar, sarans.
	-4 letters: asana, cards, carns, casas, crass, darns, nadas, narcs, nards, rands, sacra, sands, saran, sards, scads, scans, scars.
	-5 letters: anas, ands, ansa, arcs, cads, cans, card, carn, cars, casa, darn, nada, narc, nard, rads, rand, sacs, sand, sans, sard, scad, scan, scar.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-d-n-r-s-s"
	+3 letters: pachysandras.
	+4 letters: tradescantias.
	+5 letters: anaphrodisiacs, coastguardsman, disappearances.
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