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GENA

Definitions: GENA

GENA

1. The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.

2. The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"GENA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be well born", "good", "well", "to be born".

 

Crosswords: GENA

Non-English Usage: "GENA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Indonesian (gene), Swedish (take a short cut).

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Modern Usage: GENA

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Krokodil Gena (1971)

Papa Gena (2001)

Gena Dimitrova (1984)

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

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Commercial Usage: GENA

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ghumer ber gena : [romandar, povest§] (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Usage Frequency: GENA

"GENA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "GENA" is used about 9 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)66.67%6143,867
Noun (singular)33.33%3202,518
                    Total100.00%9N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: GENA

The following table summarizes the usage of "GENA" 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
GenaFirst name Female10,000879
GenaLast name13063,883
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: GENA

"GENA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be well born", "good", "well", "to be born".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "GENA."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
EugeneMaleEnglishN/A
EugeniaFemaleEnglishEugene
GenaFemaleEnglishEugenia
EvgeniaFemaleGreekEugenia
EugeniaFemaleItalianEugene
EfigêniaFemalePortugueseEugenia
EugeniaFemaleRomanianEugene
EvgeniyaFemaleRussianEugenia
EugeniaFemaleSpanishEugene
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: GENA

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

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9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: GENA

Derivations

Words containing "GENA": antimiscegenation, collagenase, collagenases, dehydrogenase, dehydrogenases, dehydrogenate, dehydrogenated, dehydrogenates, dehydrogenating, dehydrogenation, dehydrogenations, deoxygenate, deoxygenated, deoxygenates, deoxygenating, deoxygenation, deoxygenations, halogenate, halogenated, halogenates, halogenating, halogenation, halogenations, homogenate, homogenates, hydrogenase, hydrogenases, hydrogenate, hydrogenated, hydrogenates, hydrogenating, hydrogenation, hydrogenations, miscegenation, miscegenational, miscegenations, nitrogenase, nitrogenases, nonagenarian, nonagenarians, nonhalogenated, octogenarian, octogenarians, oxygenate, oxygenated, oxygenates, oxygenating, oxygenation, oxygenations, oxygenator, oxygenators, septuagenarian, septuagenarians, sexagenarian, sexagenarians, unoxygenated. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "GENA"

Words rhyming with "GENA" (pronounced 'Ge"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Erythrina, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, Hydrina, HYENA, iguana, Ingena, Jambolana, Kerana, Khenna, Krishna, lacuna, Lagena, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna, Madrina, manna, Marena, Marikina, Meandrina, melaena, melena, Meminna, Mishna, Molybdena, Mona, Monorhina, Muraena, myna, Nagana, Nemertina, Neritina, Ngina, Nicotiana, Nirvana, Ocarina, Oculina, Orbulina, ozena, Paludina, Parapherna, Pedicellina, Pediculina, Penna, Persona, Phagedena, Phalaena, Philopena, Piscina, Poinciana, Polycystina, Pomona, Pseudo-china, Pseudo-galena, Puna, Purana, Pyrena, Quinquina, Rana, Salamandrina, Salina, Sarcina, savanna, scarlatina, Scena, semolina, senna, Seraphina, sienna, signorina, Sonatina, Strepsorhina, sultana, Sunna, Tel-el-Amarna, Tellina, Thana, tramontana, trichina, Tridacna, Trona, ulna, Vaccina, Vacuna, vagina, Varuna, Velutina, Vena, Vitrina, Vitro-di-trina, Wenona, Zenana, Zona. (additional references)

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Anagrams: GENA

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gaen, gane.

Words within the letters "a-e-g-n"

-1 letter: age, ane, eng, gae, gan, gen, nae, nag.

-2 letters: ae, ag, an, en, na, ne.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-n"
 

+1 letter: agene, agent, agone, angel, anger, angle, began, ganef, ganev, genoa, genua, glean, mange, range, regna, vegan.

 

+2 letters: ageing, agency, agenda, agenes, agents, agnate, agnize, agones, anergy, angels, angers, angled, angler, angles, anlage, argent, augend, avenge, aweing, bagmen, banged, banger, bangle, cangue, change, danged, danger, dangle, defang, earing, easing, eating, encage, engage, engram, enigma, enrage, fanega, fanged, flange, gaeing, gagmen, gained, gainer, galena, gamine, gander, ganefs, ganevs, ganged, ganger, gangue, gannet, garden, garner, garnet, gasmen, gelant, genera, geneva, genial, genoas, german, glance, gleans, gnawed, gnawer, graben, grange, graven, guinea, haeing, hanged, hanger, incage, ingate, jangle, lagend, lagune, langue, legman, linage, magnet, manage, manege, mangel, manger, manges, mangey, mangle, menage, nagged, nagger, negate, nonage, onager, orange, panged, pangen, penang, ragmen, ranged, ranger, ranges, reagin, regain, regina, regnal, rehang, sanger, senega, tanged, tangle, unaged, uncage, vegans, wangle.

 

+3 letters: acrogen, ageings, agelong, agendas, agendum, agenize, agentry, aginner, agnates, agnized, agnizes, agnomen, agonies, agonise, agonize, aligned, aligner, allonge, anagoge, aneling, anergia, anergic, angeled, angelic, angelus, angered, angerly, anglers, anglice, angrier, anguine, anlagen, anlages, anteing, antigen, apanage, apogean, argents, arrange, atingle, augends, augment, avenged, avenger, avenges, bandage, bangers, bangles, banteng, beading, beaming, beanbag, beaning, bearing, beating, begonia, begroan, bogbean, bondage, bugbane, cangues, carnage, ceasing, changed, changer, changes, clanged, clanger, coagent, cognate, coinage, congaed, congeal, dangers, dangled, dangler, dangles, dealing, deaning, deaving, decagon, defangs, deraign, derange, dogbane, dogvane, dragnet, dunnage, eanling, earings, earning, earring, easting, eatings, elating, elegant, encaged, encages, endgame, engaged, engager, engages, engraft, engrail, engrain, engrams, engrave, enigmas, enlarge, enraged, enrages, epigean, erasing, eugenia, euglena, evading, evangel, fanegas, fearing, feasing, feazing, fenagle, finagle, flagmen, flanged, flanger, flanges, gahnite, gainers, galenas, galenic, gallein, galleon, gamelan, gamines, ganache, ganders, gangers, gangrel, gangues, gannets, gantlet, gardens, garment, garners, garnets, gateman, gatemen, gaunter, gayness, gearing, gelants, gelatin, gellant, geminal, general, genevas, genipap, genital, gentian, germane, germans, germina, gladden, glanced, glancer, glances, glandes, gleaned, gleaner, gleeman, gnarled, gnarred, gnashed, gnashes, gnawers, gowaned, grabens, gradine, grained, grainer, grandee, grander, granger, granges, granite, grannie, granted, grantee, granter, granule, grapnel, gratine, greaten, grenade, groaned, groaner, guanase, guanine, guineas, gunwale, gynecia, halogen, hangers, hangmen, heading, healing, heaping, hearing, heating, heaving, hexagon, hogmane, imagine, incaged, incages, ingates, ingesta, ingrate, jangled, jangler, jangles, lagends, lagunes, langley, langrel, langues, languet, lasagne, leading, leafing, leaking, leaning, leaping, leasing, leaving, linages, lineage, linguae, linkage, magenta, magnate, magneto, magnets, managed, manager, manages, maneges, mangels, mangers, mangier, mangled, mangler, mangles, mangoes, marengo, margent, meaning, megaton, melange, menages, mintage, montage, mutagen, naggers, naggier, nametag, nargile, nearing, negated, negater, negates, negaton, negator, nonages, nongame, nosebag, nosegay, onagers, onstage, oranges, orangey, oregano, pageant, pangene, pangens, pawnage, peacing, peaking, pealing, penangs, peonage, pranged, pygmean, rangers, rangier, reading, reagent, reagins, realign, reaming, reaping, rearing, reaving, rebegan, regains, reginae, reginal, reginas, regnant, regrant, rehangs, sabeing, sagamen, sangers, sealing, seaming, searing, seating, senegas, seringa, shebang, signage, sinkage, slanged, snagged, spaeing, spangle, spinage, stanged, stengah, strange, swagmen, tanager, tangelo, tangent, tangier, tangled, tangler, tangles, tangoed, tankage, tannage, teaming, tearing, teasing, teenage, tegmina, tentage, thanage, thenage, tonnage, trepang, tunnage, twanged, twanger, twangle, tzigane, unagile, uncaged, uncages, uneager, ungulae, unitage, unpaged, vaginae, vantage, vealing, ventage, vinegar, vintage, wagoned, wagoner, wangled, wangler, wangles, wantage, weaning, wearing, weaving, whanged, whangee, windage, wrangle, yealing, yeaning, yeggman, zingare.

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

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Alternative Orthography: GENA


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

47 45 4E 41

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)

01000111 01000101 01001110 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#69 &#78 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0045 004E 0041

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

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

41394835

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INDEX

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


  

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