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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Chateaux en Espagne [Castles in Spain.] A castle in the air; something that exists only in the imagination. In Spain there are no châteaux. (See Castle ) Château. Many wines are named after the manor on which the grapes are grown: as Château Lafitte, Château La Tour, Château Margaux, Château Rose (and Bordeaux), Château Yquem (a white Bordeaux), etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hope | Castles in the air, castles in Spain, chateaux en Espagne, le pot aut lait, Utopia, millennium; day dream, golden dream; dream of Alnaschar; airy hopes, fool's paradise; mirage; (fallacies of vision); fond hope. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 48 41 54 45 41 55 58 45 4E 45 53 50 41 47 4E 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001000 01000001 01010100 01000101 01000001 01010101 01011000 00100000 01000101 01001110 00100000 01000101 01010011 01010000 01000001 01000111 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C H A T E A U X   E N   E S P A G N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0048 0041 0054 0045 0041 0055 0058 0045 004E 0045 0053 0050 0041 0047 004E 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)374235543935555823948239535035414839 |
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