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Definition: GLORIA |
GLORIANoun1. The musical setting of a gloria. 2. A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used. 3. A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches. |
"GLORIA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a glory". |
Date "GLORIA" was first used: sometime in the early 13th century. (references) |
Etymology: Gloria \Glo"ri*a\, noun. [Latin expression, glory.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Gloria A cup of coffee with brandy in it instead of milk. Sweetened to taste. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Personal Care & Hotels | A very closely woven, lightweight fabric used for umbrellas covering. Generally made with plain weave. . . originally made with silk warp and worsted filling. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Gloria is a 1980 film which tells the story of a gangster's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have. It stars Gena Rowlands and John Adames.The movie was written and directed by John Cassavetes.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Gena Rowlands).
Gloria was remade in 1999, adapted by Steve Antin and directed by Sidney Lumet. It stars Sharon Stone and Jean-Luke Figueroa.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gloria (movie)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GLORIA | English | Geological Long Range Inclined Asdic | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Levis, Calvin Klein, Calvins, Bonjour, Gloria Vanderbilt. |
Disrepute | Interjection: fie! shame! for shame! proh pudor! O tempora! O mores! ough! sic transit gloria mundi! |
Repute | Above all Greek above all Roman fame ; - cineri gloria sera est; "great is the glory for the strife is hard "; honor virtutis praemium; immensum gloria calcar habet; " the glory dies not and the grief is past "; vivit post funera virtus. |
Transientness | Phrase: one's days are numbered; the time is up; here today and gone tomorrow; non semper erit aestas; eheu! fugaces labuntur anni; sic transit gloria mundi; a schoolboy's tale, the wonder of the hour!; dum loquimur fugerit invidia aetas; fugit hora; all that is transitory is but an illusion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: GLORIA |
| English words defined with "GLORIA": Leonine verse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GLORIA": Electronic Performance Support System ♦ French Cream ♦ Gee-up!, Gloria in Excelsis, Glory be to the Father. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "GLORIA": inglorious. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "GLORIA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (glory, kudos), Latin (ambition, boasting, fame, gloria, glory, great praise or honor, renown, vainglory), Papiamen (fame, glory, renown), Spanish (fame, glory, kudos, stardom, triumph), Swedish (aureola, aureole, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I feel like Gloria Swanson (Mrs. Doubtfire; writing credit: Randi Mayem Singer) Gloria, I know you're there (Wait Until Dark; writing credit: Frederick Knott; Robert Howard-Carrington) I never left Gloria alone when she was a baby (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) Yea, well Hurricane Gloria didn't break the porch swing, Monica did (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) I would kill my sister Gloria if she ever wrote about my sex life (The Golden Girls; writing credit: Philip Broadley; Gabriel Castro) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cayó de la gloria el diablo (1971) Vida e Gloria de um Canalha (1970) Destino la gloria (1968) Per un dollaro di gloria (1966) La Gloria quedo atras (1962) | |
Song Titles | Gloria (performing artist: Laura Branigan) Gloria (performing artist: Patti Smith) Gloria (performing artist: The Shadows of Knight) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Comparison of Hurricanes Frances and Gloria. Wind speed and pressure plotted for transects run through the eye of both storms. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | Gloria Swanson. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sic transit Gloria. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Gloria Swanson acting in Paramount's "Sunset Boulevard," with Director Billy Wilder behind camera, seated over swimming pool, at a Wilshire Boulevard mansion in Los Angeles. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Truman Capote, half-length portrait, facing left, escorting Gloria Vanderbilt. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Gloria Vanderbilt Whitney Fountain, International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union), Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Gloria. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Send your typewriters to war. At Universal City, California, Maria Montez, glamorous Latin-American movie star, and Gloria Jean, typical of young America in Hollywood, helped collect over one hundred typewriters for the Army, Navy, and Marines. Only machi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lloyd and Gloria Kinney with their mother. Eden Mills, Vermont. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | El amor de madre, no hay cosa como la madre en la vida transitoria; que la tierra le sea leve y dios la lleve a su gloria. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Gloria Steinem | Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. |
| The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off. | |
| I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Discrimination | El Salvador | There were no new developments in the 1999 murders of transvestite prostitutes Doris and Nestor Adonai Marenco (known as Gloria). (references) |
Economic History | Ireland | U.S. franchises in Ireland include household names such as Swisher Hygiene, Chem-Dry, Budget Rent-A-Car, Futurekids, Gloria Jeans and Nevada Bobs. (references) |
Philippines | Importers agree that the year 2000 was an unusual year for the Philippines, culminating in a controversial transfer of power from Joseph Estrada to Gloria Arroyo in January. (references) | |
Human Rights | Zimbabwe | On March 4, unknown persons shot and killed 72-year-old Gloria Olds, a commercial white farmer, in front of her farm gate in Matabeleland North province. (references) |
Political Economy | Philippines | Large, peaceful demonstrations in the capital over the next 3 days ended on January 20, when Estrada resigned and Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was sworn in as President. (references) |
Philippines | In January 2001 Filipinos made history with "People Power Two," the non-violent ouster of President Joseph Estrada and the installment of then Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as his successor. (references) | |
Travel | Bulgaria | The Maria Luiza and Gloria Palace are two other smaller hotels centrally located. (references) |
Worker Rights | Philippines | In April President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the allocation of a $1.6 million (80 million pesos) fund to assist Filipino workers facing legal problems abroad. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "GLORIA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.34% of the time. "GLORIA" is used about 603 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 98.34% | 593 | 10,733 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.32% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 603 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "GLORIA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gloria | First name Female | 335,000 | 56 |
| Gloria | Last name | 1,000 | 9,332 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "GLORIA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a glory". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "GLORIA." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Gloria | Female | English | N/A |
| Gloria | Female | Italian | N/A |
| Gloria | Female | Portuguese | N/A |
| Gloria | Female | Spanish | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "GLORIA": Gloria Glens Park ♦ Gloria May Josephine Svensson ♦ Gloria Steinem ♦ Gloria Swanson ♦ Gloria Vanderbilt ♦ immensum gloria calcar habet. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gloria estefan | 820 | gloria guida | 54 |
gloria trevi | 779 | gloria trevi nude | 43 |
gloria | 536 | gaynor gloria i lyrics survive will | 42 |
gloria velez | 445 | gloria lyrics | 41 |
gloria allred | 274 | gloria nilson | 41 |
gloria gaynor | 269 | la gloria cubana | 40 |
gloria vanderbilt | 245 | alred gloria | 38 |
gloria steinem | 160 | gloria estefan picture | 37 |
gloria leonard | 106 | gloria stefan | 36 |
gloria foster | 105 | bill gloria gaither | 35 |
gloria arroyo | 95 | bank gloria mayfield | 35 |
gloria estefan lyrics | 92 | gloria brame | 33 |
gloria jean | 82 | gloria macapagal arroyo | 33 |
gloria swanson | 66 | gaynor gloria survive will | 32 |
gloria estafan | 64 | gloria pic velez | 32 |
gloria jean coffee | 63 | gloria grahame | 29 |
gloria gaynor lyrics | 60 | gloria picture velez | 28 |
gloria reuben | 59 | bangbus gloria | 26 |
gloria trevi desnuda | 59 | gloria naylor | 26 |
gloria vanderbilt jean | 55 | gaynor gloria i survive will | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "GLORIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | Ореол, Слава. (various references) | |
French | gloria. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | グロー放電 (cage, cake, case, case by case, case method, case study, casework, caseworker, chaos, chassis ground, frame ground, glossary, glow discharge, groggy, grotesque, knock-out, KO), グレゴリオ暦 (glen check, global, global market, global powers, global village, global war, globalism, globalist, globe, glove, glove box, glove compartment, glow lamp, glow starter, Gregorian calendar, gremlin, grenade, grotesque). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | グロリア , グローリア . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oriaglay.(various references) | |
Russian | Глория (Gloria 1), полушелковая ткань 'глория' для зонтов (gloria 2). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | gloria. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 2, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | UmeiV gar este h doxa hmwn kai h cara |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vos enim estis gloria nostra et gaudium |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soð, ge sind ure wuldor and wynn. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For ye ben oure glorie and ioye. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Yes ye are oure glory and ioye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For ye are our glory and joy. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For ye are our glory and joy. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For you are our glory and our joy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 2, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Kay kamo mao ang among garbo ug kalipay. |
| Chinese | 因 為 你 們 就 是 我 們 的 榮 耀 、 我 們 的 喜 樂 。 |
| Croatian | Vi ste doista slava naša i radost! |
| Danish | I ere jo vor Ære og Glæde. |
| Dutch | Want gij zijt onze heerlijkheid en blijdschap. |
| Finnish | Sillä te olette meidän kunniamme ja meidän ilomme. |
| French | Oui, vous êtes notre gloire et notre joie. |
| German | Ihr seid ja unsre Ehre und Freude. |
| Haitian Creole | Se nou menm ki ban m' satilfaksyon, se nou menm ki fè kè m' kontan. |
| Hungarian | Bizony ti vagytok a mi dicsõségünk és örömünk. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Memang kalianlah kebanggaan dan kegembiraan kami! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sesungguhnya kamulah yang menjadi kemuliaan dan kesukaan kami. |
| Italian | Siete voi la nostra gloria e la nostra gioia. |
| Korean | 너 희 는 우 리 의 영 광 이 요 기 쁨 이 니 라 |
| Latvian | Jo jûs esat mûsu godîba un prieks. |
| Maori | Ko koutou hoki to matou kororia, to matou hari. |
| Norwegian | I er jo vår ære og vår glede. |
| Rumanian | Da, voi sknteyi slava wi bucuria noastrq. |
| Shuar | Atumsha shiir wekasa asakrumin iisha ti shiir Enentáimsar waraaji. Nu tuma asar Uunt Jesukrístu Tátintri shiir Enentáimsar Nákaji. Nii Támatai Imiá warastatji. Atumin Yus-shuar awajsa asar, Nii Támatai atumsha iijiai Jesus shiir inkiuntatji. Tuma asamtai nu Enentáimsar tawasap achiktinia aintsar waraaji. |
| Spanish | En efecto, vosotros sois nuestra gloria y gozo. |
| Swahili | Naam, ninyi ni utukufu wetu na furaha yetu! |
| Swedish | Ja, I ären vår ära och vår glädje. |
| Uma | Bate koi' -mile kabohea pai' kagoea' nono-kaie! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GLORIA": glorias. (additional references) | |
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"GLORIA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gallocia, Gelosia, Giora, Glor, Glora, Gloriaaa, glorie, Glorium, glorya, Goltix, Gomia, Goreau, goria, Gorka, Loria. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "GLORIA" (pronounced glô"rēu) |
| 4 | -ô" r ē u | Coria, crematoria, emporia, euphoria, moratoria, phantasmagoria, Victoria. |
| 3 | -r ē u | aciduria, area, aria, Atria, bacteria, cafeteria, criteria, diphtheria, equilibria, Feria, honoraria, hypochondria, hysteria, imperia, malaria, nutria, rosaria. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: algor, argil, argol, glair, goral, grail, largo, logia. | |
-2 letters: agio, aril, gaol, girl, giro, glia, goal, lair, lari, liar, lira, oral, ragi, rail, rial, roil. | |
-3 letters: ago, ail, air, gal, gar, goa, gor, lag, lar, log, oar, oil, ora, rag, ria, rig. | |
-4 letters: ag, ai, al, ar, go, la, li, lo, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: airglow, garboil, girasol, glorias, goliard, gorilla. | |
+2 letters: airglows, algorism, caroling, dialoger, garboils, gasolier, geraniol, girasole, girasols, goliards, gorillas, gyroidal, kilogram, laboring, longhair, marigold, oligarch, oliguria, original, paroling, prodigal, regional, seraglio, trigonal. | |
+3 letters: adoringly, algorisms, algorithm, alligator, aureoling, bricolage, carolling, cigarillo, clamoring, collaring, dialogers, flavoring, gasoliers, geraniols, girandole, girasoles, gladiator, glamorise, glamorize, goliardic, ignorable, kilograms, labouring, legionary, litigator, logarithm, longhairs, marigolds, neuroglia, oligarchs, oligarchy, oligurias, originals, prodigals, radiology, recoaling, regionals, reloading, reloaning, rigmarole, roaringly, seraglios, tailoring, trialogue, vainglory. | |
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