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FAVONIAN

Definition: FAVONIAN

FAVONIAN

Adjective

1. Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Favonian \Fa*vo"ni*an\, adjective. [Latin expression Favonius the west wind.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Crosswords: FAVONIAN

Etymologies containing "FAVONIAN": foehn. (references)

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Misspellings: FAVONIAN

Misspellings

"FAVONIAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calvinian, favonion, favonius, favonoid, Fevronia, fodorian, Javorina, Mavonia, pavonia, pavonina, pavonine. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "FAVONIAN"

Words rhyming with "FAVONIAN" (pronounced 'Fa*vo"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. (additional references)

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Anagrams: FAVONIAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-f-i-n-n-o-v"

-2 letters: fanion.

-3 letters: anion, avian, avion, fanon.

-4 letters: anna, anoa, anon, fain, fano, fava, fino, foin, info, naan, naif, nana, naoi, nona, nova, vain, vina, vino.

-5 letters: ain, ana, ani, ava, avo, fan, fin, fon, inn, ion, nan, oaf, ova, van, via.

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

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Alternative Orthography: FAVONIAN


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

46 41 56 4F 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)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01000001 01010110 01001111 01001110 01001001 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#65 &#86 &#79 &#78 &#73 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0041 0056 004F 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)

4035564948433548

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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