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GLYNN

"GLYNN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a valley".

Date "GLYNN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references)


Specialty Definition: GLYNN

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Biographical Satire

GLYNN, E., an old maid authoress who knew things. Wrote a book which everybody tells the rector they have not read, and then re-reads it when the doors are locked. In the United States a law has been passed compelling booksellers to include a bottle of disinfectant whenever a G. book is sold. Ambition: A publisher who is not afraid of the police. Recreation: Reading her own books. Address: Probably Paris. Clubs: Always blackballed. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.

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

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Modern Usage: GLYNN

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Screenplays

Glynn has given us time to come up with a list of demands. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)

If you have to ask, Glynn, then we got a long day ahead of us. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)

My compensation for lying to Glynn. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)

Movie/TV Titles

The Glynn Nicholas Show (1996)

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

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Commercial Usage: GLYNN

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Books

  • Antoni Tàpies : [catalog of an exhibition held] London, Hayward Gallery, 27 June-1 September 1974, Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, 5-26 October (reference)

  • Christopher Williams centenary, 1873-1973 : [catalogue of exhibitions at] National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 31 March-22 April, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 5 May-2 June, Town Hall, Maesteg, 18 June-7 July (reference)

  • Glynn Christians Contemporary Home Cooki (reference)

  • Glynn Christian's Contemporary Home Cooking (reference)

  • Glynn Isaac and the search for human origins in Africa : inaugural Glynn Isaac memorial lecture, 21st April 1993 (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: GLYNN

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"Octahedron" by Jerry Glynn.

"Donut" by Joyce Glynn.

"Onion" (movie) by Jerry Glynn.

"Cup in Saddle" by Joyce Glynn.

Robertus Glynn Clobury, M.D. / J. Page ad vivam delin. et sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Robert Glynn Clobery, M.D. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Usage Frequency: GLYNN

"GLYNN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 73.97% of the time. "GLYNN" is used about 219 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)73.97%16224,580
Lexical Verb (base form)25.57%5645,296
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.46%1339,140
                    Total100.00%219N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: GLYNN

The following table summarizes the usage of "GLYNN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
GlynnLast name3,0003,591
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: GLYNN

"GLYNN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a valley".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "GLYNN."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
GlynMaleWelshN/A
GlynnMaleWelshGlyn
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Cities: GLYNN


1. Glynn, LA
Zip Code(s): 70736
Country: USA

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Expression: GLYNN

Expression using "GLYNN": Glynn County. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: GLYNN

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
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

glynn county georgia

41

glynn jackson

4

glynn county

35

brian glynn

4

glynn johnson

35

county glynn police

4

glynn county school

21

genealogy georgia glynn

3

glynn

19

gemma glynn

3

credit federal glynn teacher union

19

john glynn

3

glynn academy

18

glynn la

3

chevrolet glynn smith

17

board county glynn school

3

ga glynn county

12

center county detention glynn

3

glynn movie place

8

glynn williams

3

board county education glynn

8

real estate glynn county

3

credit glynn teacher union

6

county court glynn superior

3

county glynn government

6

glynn mall place

3

carlin glynn

6

tamara glynn

3

county gis glynn

5

cyprien glynn

3

county glynn school system

5

glynn hardware johnson

3

glynn turman

5

glynn nicholas

3

glynn academy high school

4

glynn hipp

2

glynn teacher

4

electronics glynn

2

glynn jones

4

glynn mall movie place

2

county department glynn police

4

glynn marsh

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

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Anagrams: GLYNN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "g-l-n-n-y"
 

+3 letters: benignly, bylining, indignly, inlaying, langsyne, lynching, ungainly, ungently, unkingly, unlaying, yeanling.

 

+4 letters: analysing, analyzing, bindingly, burningly, condignly, cunningly, damningly, denyingly, droningly, envyingly, fawningly, genuinely, knowingly, langsynes, longingly, lynchings, meaningly, mincingly, naggingly, nippingly, nonflying, numbingly, plangency, pungently, rantingly, ringingly, uncloying, warningly, whiningly, winningly, yawningly, yeanlings, youngling.

 

+5 letters: ankylosing, annoyingly, blarneying, blindingly, bouncingly, bunglingly, clankingly, dauntingly, enduringly, engagingly, enticingly, frowningly, glancingly, grindingly, grinningly, hauntingly, ignorantly, intangibly, invitingly, lignifying, malignancy, menacingly, mourningly, nigglingly, nonplaying, nullifying, plangently, poignantly, pregnantly, sanguinely, slantingly, sneakingly, soundingly, stagnantly, stingingly, stinkingly, stunningly, swingingly, swooningly, tauntingly, thinkingly, tinglingly, underlying, unendingly, unerringly, unfadingly, untiringly, unyielding, vauntingly, yearningly, younglings.

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

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Alternative Orthography: GLYNN


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

47 4C 59 4E 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)

01000111 01001100 01011001 01001110 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#76 &#89 &#78 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 004C 0059 004E 004E

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

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

4146594848

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Frequency
7. Names: Derived from
8. Cities
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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