DIONYSOS

"DIONYSOS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone from Zeus".

Date "DIONYSOS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Specialty Definition: DIONYSOS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Dionysos The Greek name of Bacchus (q.v.). Father: Zeus (Jupiter). Feasts of Bacchus in Rome, Bromalia or Brumalia, in March and September. Mother: Semele, daughter of Cadmus Nurse: Brisa. Owls were his aversion. Panthers drew his chariot. Rams were the most general sacrifices offered to him. Wife: Ariadne. The most famous statue of this god way by Praxiteles. Attalus gave above �18,000 for a painting of the god by Aristides. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Crosswords: DIONYSOS

Specialty definitions using "DIONYSOS": Gods ♦ Nicean Barks. (references)

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Modern Usage: DIONYSOS

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Dionysos (1986)
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Commercial Usage: DIONYSOS

Domain	Title
Books	Apollon et Dionysos, ou, La science incertaine des signes : Montaigne, Stendhal, Robbe-Grillet : essai sur l'herméneutique à partir du corps vivant et l'aventure de la production esthétique (reference) Der Antichrist Ecce Homo Dionysos Dithyr (reference) The Hidden Library of Tanith Lee: Themes and Subtexts from Dionysos to the Immortal Gene (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: DIONYSOS

"DIONYSOS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "DIONYSOS" is used about 21 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)	71.43%	15	90,616
Noun (plural)	28.57%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	21	N/A

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Derived & Related Names: DIONYSOS

"DIONYSOS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone from Zeus".

The following table summarizes names related to "DIONYSOS."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Dionysios	Male	Ancient Greek	Dionysos
Dionysodoros	Male	Ancient Greek	Dionysos
Dionysios	Male	Greek	Dionysos
Dionysos	Male	Greek Mythology	N/A
Dionysus	Male	Roman Mythology	Dionysos
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DIONYSOS

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
dionysos	60
dionysos hermes infant	4
hotel dionysos	3
dionysos theater	2
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Anagrams: DIONYSOS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-i-n-o-o-s-s-y"
	-2 letters: snoods, synods.
	-3 letters: donsy, noisy, snood, sonsy, synod, yonis.
	-4 letters: dins, diss, dons, doss, ions, nodi, nods, nosy, sins, sods, sons, soon, soys, yids, yins, yods, yond, yoni.
	-5 letters: din, dis, don, dos, ids, ins, ion, nod, noo, nos, ods, ons, sin, sis, sod, son, sos, soy, syn, yid, yin, yod, yon.
	Words containing the letters "d-i-n-o-o-s-s-y"
	+3 letters: doomsayings, endocytosis.
	+5 letters: endosymbionts, endosymbioses, endosymbiosis.
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