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FALERNIAN

Definition: FALERNIAN

FALERNIAN

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as, Falernianwine.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "FALERNIAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1899. (references)



Specialty Definitions: FALERNIAN

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Literature

Falernian the second best wine in Italy, was so called by the ancient Romans because it was made of grapes from Falernus. There were three sorts - the rough, the sweet, and the dry. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Crosswords: FALERNIAN

Specialty definitions using "FALERNIAN": HORACE. (references)

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Modern Translations: FALERNIAN

Language Translations for "falernian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

alernianfay.(various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

rượu vang falec. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "FALERNIAN"

Words rhyming with "FALERNIAN" (pronounced 'Fa*ler"ni*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Ajouan, Ajowan, ajwain, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian, Amoebean, Amoebian, Amphigean, Anan, Andean, Anglian, Annulosan, Antaean, Antediluvian, Antelucan, Antemeridian, Anthobian, Anthozoan, Anthropophaginian, Anti-American, Antichristian, Anti-Gallican, Antiochian, Antiphlogistian, Antipodean, Antiquitarian, Antisabbatarian, Anythingarian, Aonian, Apalachian, Aphidian, Aphrodisian, Apian, Apiarian, Apician, Apodan, Apogean, Appalachian, Appian, Apteran, Aquitanian, Arachnidan, Araneidan, Araucarian, Archaeologian, Archilochian, Archimedean, Argean, Argoan, Ariman, Aristarchian, Aristotelian, Arithmetician, Arriere-ban, Artesian, Arthurian, Artilleryman, Artisan, Artsman, Arundelian, Ascian, Ascidian, Asian, Assemblyman, Assidean, Assyrian, Asteridian, Astrachan, Astraean, Astrakhan, Astrologian, Astronomian, Asturian, Ataman, Atellan, Athanasian, Athenian, Atlantean, Atman, Atomician, Attitudinarian, Augean, Augustan, Ausonian, Australasian, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, Avestan, Avian, Axman, Azorian, Backwoodsman, Bactrian, Badian, Bagman, Banian, Barbadian, Bargeman, Barracan, Bartizan, Basan, Basilican, Batrachian, batsman, Bavarian, Bavian, Bayman, bean, Bedpan, Belgravian, Bellman, Bemean, Bemoan, Berkeleian, Bezonian, Billman, Biorgan, Birdwoman, Biscayan, Boatsman, Boatwoman, Bodian, Bodleian, Boeotian, Bolivian, Bolognian, Bombardman, Bonapartean, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bondswoman, Bondwoman, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Bosporian, Bothnian, Bothnic, Brachman, Brachyuran, Brainpan, Brakeman, Bran, Brazilian, Breakman, Brelan, Briarean, Bridesman, Briefman, Brobdingnagian, Brogan, Brownian, Brunonian, Bryozoan, Bunnian, Buprestidan, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Byzantian, Cabirean, Cabirian, Cabman, Cadmean, Cadmian, Caducean, Caecilian, Caledonian, Californian, Callithumpian, Callosan, Cameronian, Campanularian, Canadian, Cancan, Cancellarean, Canoeman, Cantabrian, Cantabrigian, Capstan, Caravan, Carlovingian, Carman, Carolinian, Carpathian, Carthaginian, Cartman, Cassican, Castalian, Castellan, Castilian, Castillan, Castrensian, Cataian, Catalan, Catamaran, Cateran, Catilinarian, Catonian, Cavalryman, Cayman, Celtiberian, Censorian, Centenarian, Cerberean, Cercarian, Cerinthian, Cerulean, Cestoldean, Cetacean, Chairman, Chalcidian, Chaldean, Chalybean, Chapman, Charlatan, Charwoman, Chelonian, Chessman, Chian, Chinaman, Chondropterygian, Chouan, Chthonian, Chulan, Churchman, Ciceronian, Cilician, Cimbrian, Cimmerian, Circassian, Circean, Circummeridian, Cisleithan, Cistercian, Civilian, Clachan, Clan, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Cluniacensian, Clysmian, Coachman, Cobswan, Coetanean, Coffeeman, Cogman, Coguardian, Coleopteran, Coleridgian, Collegian, Colorman, Colossean, Columbian, Comedian, Committeeman, Complutensian, Concubinarian, Confucian, Congressman, Conquian, Consistorian, Cooncan, Copeman, Copernican, Coprophagan, Corallian, Corban, Cordovan, Cornelian, Cornopean, Costean, Cotquean, Councilman, Counterman, Countryman, Countrywoman, Courtesan, Cousin-german, Cowan, Cracksman, Cracovian, Craftsman, Cragsman, Cretan, Cretian, Crinoidean, Croatian, Crocodilian, Cronian, Crossbowman, Crossopterygian, Crustacean, Ctenoidean, Cuban, Cucquean, Cumbrian, Cunningman, Custodian, Cyanean, Cycloidian, Cyclopean, Cystidean, Cytherean, Czarinian, Dacian, Dairyman, Dairywoman, Dalesman, Dalmatian, Daltonian, Dantean, Danubian, Dardanian, Daysman, Daywoman, Dean, Deathsman, Decoy-man, Decuman, Dedalian, Dellacruscan, Delphian, Demiman, Demonian, Dermopteran, Desman, Dialectician, Dian, Diandrian, Dictatorian, Dictionalrian, Didelphian, Didynamian, Dietarian, Diluvian, Dimeran, Dimyarian, Dionysian, Dipteran, Dipterygian, Disman, Ditrochean, Divan, Doctrinarian, Dodman, Doggerman, Dogmatician, Dollman, Domesman, Doomsman, Draconian, Draftsman. (additional references)

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Anagrams: FALERNIAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-i-l-n-n-r"

-1 letter: infernal.

-2 letters: alanine.

-3 letters: aerial, alanin, aliner, anneal, fainer, fanner, farina, ferial, finale, fraena, inaner, infare, lanner, larine, linear, nailer, narial, narine, realia, renail.

-4 letters: afire, alane, alien, aline, anear, anile, annal, areal, arena, ariel, elain, elfin, faena, farle, feral, feria, filar, filer, final, finer, flair, flare, flier, frail, frena, inane, infer, infra, inner, laari, lanai, learn, liana, liane, lifer, linen, liner, naira, renal, renin, rifle.

-5 letters: afar, airn, alae, alan, alar, alef, alfa, alif, anal, anil, anna, area, aria, aril, earl, earn, elan, fail, fain, fair, fane, fare, farl, feal, fear, fern, fiar, fila, file, fine, fire, firn, flan, flea, frae, ilea, lain, lair, lane, lari, leaf, lean, lear, liar, lief, lien, lier, life, line, linn, lira, lire, naan, naif, nail, nana, near, neif, nine, raia, rail, rain, rale, rani, real, reif, rein, rial, riel, rife, rile.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-f-i-l-n-n-r"
 

+4 letters: parainfluenza.

 

+5 letters: parainfluenzas, transferential.

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

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Alternative Orthography: FALERNIAN


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

46 41 4C 45 52 4E 49 41 4E

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)

01000110 01000001 01001100 01000101 01010010 01001110 01001001 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#65 &#76 &#69 &#82 &#78 &#73 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0041 004C 0045 0052 004E 0049 0041 004E

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

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

403546395248433548

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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