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CONSTANTIA

Definition: CONSTANTIA

CONSTANTIA

Noun

1. A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"CONSTANTIA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be constant", "steadfast".

Date "CONSTANTIA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)


Crosswords: CONSTANTIA

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

Latin (consist of, consistency, constancy, constant, correct, courage, erect, evident, firmness, harmony, immovable, in, it is agreed, loyalty, perseverance, persistence, regularity, remain motionless, resistance to change, resolute, secure, solidity, stable, stand firm, steadfast, steadfastness, steadiness, steady, still, together, unchanging, understood, well known).

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Specialty Definition: Constantia (CDP), New York

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Constantia is a town located in Oswego County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,107.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.5 km² (2.1 mi²). 5.5 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.0 km² (0.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.47% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,107 people, 436 households, and 303 families residing in the town. The population density is 200.7/km² (518.8/mi²). There are 560 housing units at an average density of 101.5 persons/km² (262.5 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.92% White, 0.18% African American, 0.90% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.09% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. 0.36% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 436 households out of which 35.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% are married couples living together, 8.7% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 30.3% are non-families. 23.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.54 and the average family size is 2.98. In the town the population is spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $41,307, and the median income for a family is $44,844. Males have a median income of $30,568 versus $22,417 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,279. 8.6% of the population and 4.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 9.5% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.



Constantia (town), New York

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Constantia is a town located in Oswego County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,141.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 258.0 km² (99.6 mi²). 147.3 km² (56.9 mi²) of it is land and 110.8 km² (42.8 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 42.93% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 5,141 people, 1,893 households, and 1,398 families residing in the town. The population density is 34.9/km² (90.4/mi²). There are 2,351 housing units at an average density of 16.0 persons/km² (41.3 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.29% White, 0.21% African American, 0.66% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. 0.33% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,893 households out of which 37.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% are married couples living together, 8.1% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 26.1% are non-families. 19.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.72 and the average family size is 3.11. In the town the population is spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 106.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 103.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $39,932, and the median income for a family is $45,373. Males have a median income of $31,276 versus $23,299 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,818. 9.5% of the population and 6.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.7% are under the age of 18 and 3.6% 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 "Constantia (CDP), New York."

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Modern Usage: CONSTANTIA

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Conquest of Constantia (1915)

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

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Usage Frequency: CONSTANTIA

"CONSTANTIA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "CONSTANTIA" is used about 6 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)83.33%5157,705
Noun (singular)16.67%1339,140
                    Total100.00%6N/A

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

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Derived & Related Names: CONSTANTIA

"CONSTANTIA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be constant", "steadfast".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "CONSTANTIA."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
ConstanceFemaleEnglishConstantia
ConstantMaleEnglishN/A
ConstanceFemaleFrenchConstantia
ConstantMaleFrenchN/A
ConstantiaFemaleLate RomanConstant
ConstanciaFemalePortugueseConstantia
ConstantaFemaleRomanianConstantia
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Cities: CONSTANTIA


1. Constantia, NY (CDP, FIPS 17893)
Location: 43.25394 N, 76.00194 W
Population (1990): 1140 (539 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 13044
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CONSTANTIA

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

constantia ny

12

constantia

11

constantia saint

3

constantia uitsig

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: CONSTANTIA

Misspellings

"CONSTANTIA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: constantian, Constantina, Konstantyn, Konstyantin. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "CONSTANTIA"

Words rhyming with "CONSTANTIA" (pronounced 'Con*stan"ti*a'): Aconitia, Acontia, Actinozoa, Amentia, Asitia, Coloquintida, Comitia, Fodientia, Gallimatia, Hyperoartia, inertia, militia, minutia, Opuntia, Penultima, Petalosticha, Phocodontia, Poinsettia, Primitia, Pteranodontia, Reptantia, Respondentia, Rodentia, Rondeletia, Ruminantia, Strontia, Thecodontia, Utia, Utica. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CONSTANTIA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-n-o-s-t-t"

-1 letter: natations.

-2 letters: actinons, annattos, canonist, cantinas, constant, contains, natation, oscitant, sanction, sonantic, sonatina, tactions.

-3 letters: actinon, actions, anattos, annatto, anoints, astatic, atonics, attains, cantina, cantons, cations, contain, incants, instant, nations, octants, onanist, sacaton, satanic, stannic, station, taction.

-4 letters: actins, action, anatto, anions, anoint, antics, atonic, attain, attics, cannas, cannot, canons, canton, cantos, casino, casita.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-n-o-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: catenations, transaction.

 

+2 letters: antagonistic, contaminants, contaminates, decantations, incantations, recantations, transactions.

 

+3 letters: accentuations, anticipations, antiromantics, cantillations, contaminators, contrabandist, inactivations, nationalistic, noncapitalist, placentations, transactional, translocating, translocation, vaticinations.

 

+4 letters: accountantship, anticoagulants, anticonvulsant, antimonarchist, antineoplastic, concatenations, consubstantial, contaminations, contrabandists, decontaminates, fantastication, fractionations, intercalations, intracutaneous, noncapitalists, nonstatistical, ratiocinations, recontaminates, sanctification, transductional, translocations.

 

+5 letters: accountantships, anticolonialist, anticonvulsants, antimonarchists, antiromanticism, antispeculation, authentications, centralizations, congratulations, connaturalities, contraindicates, decontaminators, emancipationist, fantastications, incapacitations, latensification, nonantagonistic, nonaristocratic, nonparticipants, postvaccination, procrastinating, procrastination, quantifications, sanctifications, transcriptional.

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

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Alternative Orthography: CONSTANTIA


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

43 4F 4E 53 54 41 4E 54 49 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 01001111 01001110 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01010100 01001001 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#78 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#78 &#84 &#73 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004E 0053 0054 0041 004E 0054 0049 0041

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

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

37494853543548544335

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage Frequency 		5. Names: Derived from
6. Cities
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Derivations 		9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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