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Fountain Of Youth

Definition: Fountain Of Youth

Fountain Of Youth

Noun

1. A fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again; "Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Fountain Of Youth

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Fountain of Youth A fountain supposed to possess the power of restoring youth. It was thought to be in one of the Bahama Islands. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Specialty Definition: Fountain of Youth

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Fountain of Youth is a legendary fountain that will render anyone who drinks of its waters permanently young. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon was reportedly searching for the Fountain of Youth when he traveled to Florida in 1513.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fountain of Youth."

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Crosswords: Fountain Of Youth

Specialty definitions using "Fountain of Youth": BERNHARDT. (references)

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Modern Usage: Fountain Of Youth

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Fountain of Youth (1958)

Don's Fountain of Youth (1953)

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Commercial Usage: Fountain Of Youth

DomainTitle

Books

  • DHEA: Unlocking the Secrets to the Fountain of Youth (reference)

  • HOLY WATER, SACRED OIL; THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (reference)

  • I discovered the Ancient Secrets of the Fountain of Youth! - "The Golden Key to Unlock the Hidden Door of the Profound Treasure Within" (reference)

  • More Great Southern Mysteries: Florida's Fountain of Youth, Ghosts of the Alamo, Lost Maidens of the Okefenokee, Terror on the Natchez Trace and Oth (reference)

  • Ponce De Leon: Juan Ponce De Leon Searches for the Fountain of Youth (Exploring the World) (reference)

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Fountain Of Youth

Photos:
Fountain Of Youth

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Photo Album: Fountain Of Youth

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The fountain of youth. Credit: Library of Congress.

What every husband knows. The fountain of youth. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Expression: Fountain Of Youth

Expression using "Fountain of Youth": Fountain of Youth Qigong. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fountain Of Youth

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

fountain of youth

157

ancient secret of the fountain of youth

6

fountain of youth technology

3
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Modern Translations: Fountain Of Youth

Language Translations for "Fountain of Youth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Jungbrunnen. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

不老泉 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふろうせ". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ountainfay ofay youthay

   

Turkish

  

gençlik çeşmesi. (various references)

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Misspellings: Fountain Of Youth

Misspellings

"Fountain Of Youth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fountian of youth. (additional references)

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

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Alternative Orthography: Fountain Of Youth


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

46 6F 75 6E 74 61 69 6E      4F 66      59 6F 75 74 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

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

01000110 01101111 01110101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101001 01101110 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01011001 01101111 01110101 01110100 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#111 &#117 &#110 &#116 &#97 &#105 &#110 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#89 &#111 &#117 &#116 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 006F 0075 006E 0074 0061 0069 006E      004F 0066      0059 006F 0075 0074 0068

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

40818780866775802497225981878674

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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