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"ISA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God is my oath". |
Date "ISA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1678. (references) |
"ISA" is a common misspelling or typo for: bias, ice, is, its, six, use, visa. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | ISA 1. Integrated Systems Architecture. 2. International Smalltalk Association. 3. instruction set architecture. 4. Industry Standard Architecture. (1997-02-13). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ISA."
| 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 |
ISA | English | International Service Agencies | N/A |
ISA | Italian | Architettura a sistemi integrati | N/A |
ISA | Latin | RM:Interpresa svizra per sistems d'armas | N/A |
ISA | Spanish | Interconexión de sistemas abiertos | Computing |
ISA | Swedish | Industristandardarkitektur | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What do you think this isa cut-rate drugstore? (On Again Off Again; writing credit: Nat Perrin; Benny Rubin) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Isa (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | NATAM's Infrastructure Plan will be released in November 2000. On release of the plan, CS Oslo will write a supplementary IMI to this ISA. The IMI will outline infrastructure developments that NATAM is planning. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Singapore | The Government also may ban the circulation of domestic and foreign publications under provisions of the ISA and the UPA. (references) |
Singapore | While the ISA rarely has been invoked in recent years, political opposition and criticism remain restricted by the Government's authority to define these powers broadly. (references) | |
Malaysia | In the days prior to the event, police also detained seven opposition activists under the ISA, and claimed that they were planning a massive, violent demonstration to overthrow the Government. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | In some sectors, ISA reports cover all ASEAN countries. (references) |
Bahrain | In 2001, Amir Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa made his first visit to the U.S. after succeeding his father in 1999. (references) | |
Bahrain | In 1998 Shaykh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa became Amir after the death of his father, Shaykh Isa bin Hamad Al Halifa. (references) | |
Human Rights | Malaysia | In July it submitted a proposal to Parliament to repeal the ISA. (references) |
Singapore | The ISA is employed primarily against suspected security threats. (references) | |
Singapore | However, persons detained under the ISA or CLA are not entitled to a public trial. (references) | |
Political Economy | Israel and the occupied territories | The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the Knesset reviews the activities of the IDF and the ISA. (references) |
Bahrain | Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is the Amir of Bahrain, having assumed this mantle in March 1999 after the sudden death of his father, Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa. (references) | |
Bahrain | The Amir, Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, governs the country with the assistance of his uncle, the Prime Minister, his son, the Crown Prince, an appointed cabinet of ministers, and an appointed Consultative Council that advises the Government on all new legislation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ISA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "ISA" is used about 140 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) | 95% | 133 | 27,614 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.29% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (common) | 0.71% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 140 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ISA" 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 |
| Isa | First name Female | 2,000 | 3,034 |
| Isa | Last name | 300 | 25,494 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "ISA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God is my oath". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "ISA." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Zabel | Female | Armenian | Isabel |
| Elizabeth | Female | Biblical | N/A |
| Isabella | Female | Dutch | Isabel |
| Elizabeth | Female | English | N/A |
| Ibbie | Female | English | Isabel |
| Isa | Female, Male | English | Isabel |
| Isabel | Female | English | Elizabeth |
| Isabell | Female | English | Isabel |
| Isabella | Female | English | Isabel |
| Isabelle | Female | English | Isabel |
| Isbel | Female | English | Isabel |
| Ysabel | Female | English | Isabel |
| Isabel | Female | French | Elizabeth |
| Isabelle | Female | French | Isabel |
| Isabelle | Female | German | Isabel |
| Isibéal | Female | Irish | Isabel |
| Sibéal | Female | Irish | Isabel |
| Isabella | Female | Italian | Isabel |
| Isabel | Female | Portuguese | Elizabeth |
| Iseabail | Female | Scottish | Isabel |
| Isobel | Female | Scottish | Isabel |
| Isabel | Female | Spanish | Elizabeth |
| Isabella | Female | Spanish | Isabel |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Foreign & Colonial PEP and ISA Investment Trust PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "ISA": ISA bus ♦ ISA relationship. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ISA": isa-based. | |
| 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 |
card isa vga | 996 | usb isa card | 13 |
isa | 743 | isa motherboard | 13 |
isa server | 194 | pci isa bridge | 12 |
isa softball | 91 | isa symbol | 12 |
isa slot | 51 | mt isa | 11 |
isa modem | 40 | isa network card | 11 |
isa pci adapter | 37 | isa uk | 10 |
isa pci | 32 | isa interface | 10 |
isa bus | 29 | isa investment | 10 |
isa card | 21 | driver isa lucent modem | 10 |
isa server 2000 | 21 | 8th isa latinas street | 10 |
cash isa | 19 | isa usb | 10 |
pci to isa converter | 19 | australia isa mount | 10 |
microsoft isa server | 19 | download isa server | 10 |
hoe isa | 18 | mount isa | 9 |
arbor.com isa | 18 | isa firewall | 9 |
isa santiago | 17 | uk isa investment | 9 |
isa video card | 15 | cash isa uk | 9 |
microsoft isa | 14 | florida isa | 9 |
isa sound card | 13 | isa standard | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ISA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | IS-EEN relatie (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship), IS-A relatie (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ISA-yhteys (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | relation ESTUN(E) (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship), atmosphere type (isa conditions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | ISA-Beziehung (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship), IS-A-Beziehung (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship), Normalatmosphäre (isa conditions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σχέση IS-A (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship), σχέση ISA (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | relazione ISA (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isaay relação E-UM (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship). (various references) är-en-förhållande (ISA relationship, IS-A relationship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 13, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O palaioutai isa askw h wsper imation shtobrwton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui quasi putredo consumendus sum et quasi vestimentum quod comeditur a tinea |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 13, Verse 28 |
| Albanian | Ndërkaq trupi im po shpërbëhet si një send i kalbur, si një rrobë që e ka grirë mola". |
| Cebuano | Bisan ingon ako sa usa ka butang nga dunot nga mapapas, Ingon sa usa ka bisti nga ginakutkot sa tangkob. |
| Croatian | Život mi se k'o trulo drvo raspada, k'o haljina što je moljci izjedaju! |
| Danish | Og så er han dog som smuldrende Trøske, som Klæder, der ædes op af Møl, |
| Dutch | En hij veroudert als een verrotting, als een kleed, dat de mot opeet. |
| Finnish | "Hän hajoaa kuin lahopuu, kuin koinsyömä vaate." |
| French | Quand mon corps tombe en pourriture, Comme un vêtement que dévore la teigne? |
| German | der ich doch wie Moder vergehe und wie ein Kleid, das die Motten fressen. |
| Haitian Creole | M'ap dekale tankou bwa pouri, tankou rad sizo ap manje. |
| Hungarian | Az pedig elsenyved, mint a redves fa, mint ruha, a melyet moly emészt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka aku menjadi rapuh seperti kayu yang busuk; seperti kain dimakan ngengat aku menjadi lapuk. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pada seorang yang seperti kayu busuk lagi rapuh dan seperti kain yang sudah dimakan gegat. |
| Maori | Ahakoa toku rite kei te mea pirau, e memeha noa ana, kei te kakahu e kainga ana e te purehurehu. |
| Norwegian | og dette gjør du mot en som tæres bort som makk-ett tre, som et klædebon møllet har ett. |
| Rumanian | cknd trupul meu cade kn putrezire ca o hainq mkncatq de molii? |
| Russian | б ПО, ЛБЛ ЗОЙМШ, ТБУ Б"БЕФУС, ЛБЛ П"ЕЦ"Б, ЙЪЯЕ"ЕООБС НПМША. |
| Spanish | Así el hombre se gasta como un odre, como un vestido comido por la polilla. |
| Swedish | Och detta mot en som täres bort lik murket trä, en som liknar en klädnad sönderfrätt av mal! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ISA": isagoge, isagoges, isagogic, isagogics, isallobar, isallobaric, isallobars, isarithm, isarithms, isatin, isatine, isatines, isatinic, isatins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ISA": camisa, paisa, visa. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ISA": advisabilities, advisability, advisable, advisableness, advisablenesses, advisably, antisag, antisatellite, appraisal, appraisals, artisan, artisanal, artisans, artisanship, artisanships, axiomatisation, axiomatisations, balisaur, balisaurs, bartisan, bartisans, bipartisan, bipartisanism, bipartisanisms, bipartisanship, bipartisanships, boddhisattva, boddhisattvas, bodhisattva, bodhisattvas, brisance, brisances, brisant, calisaya, calisayas, camisade, camisades, camisado, camisadoes, camisados, camisas, cisalpine, civilisation, civilisations, colonisation, colonisations, complaisance, complaisances, complaisant, complaisantly, containerisation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ais. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-s" | |
-1 letter: ai, as, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-s" | |
+1 letter: aids, ails, aims, ains, airs, aits, amis, anis, asci, axis, bias, dais, isba, pias, rias, sadi, said, sail, sain, saki, sari, sati, sial, sima, visa. | |
+2 letters: abris, acids, adios, adits, aegis, agios, agism, agist, aides, airns, airts, aisle, alias, alifs, alist, amias, amids, amies, amins, amirs, amiss, anils, anise, antis, aphis, apish, apsis, arias, arils, arise, arris, arsis, asdic, aside, askoi, aspic, aspis, assai, astir, auris, aviso, axils, ayins, bails, baits, basic, basil, basin, basis, bassi, bimas, cadis, caids, cains, chias, daisy, dashi, dials, ditas, divas, fails, fairs, fiars, fiats, gadis, gains, gaits, gigas, glias, hafis, haiks, hails, hairs, hajis, iambs, ideas, ikats, imams, iotas, isbas, ixias, izars, jails, kadis, kaifs, kails, kains, kakis, kinas, kivas, laics, lairs, lapis, laris, liars, limas, liras, litas, maids, mails, maims, mains, mairs, maist, mavis, maxis, miasm, micas, minas, nabis, naifs, nails, naris, nazis, nipas, oasis, obias, ohias, ossia, ostia, padis, paiks, pails, pains, pairs, paisa, paise, paris, pavis, pians, picas, pikas, pimas, pinas, pitas, psoai, qaids, quais, quasi, ragis, raias, raids, rails, rains, raise, rakis, ranis, rials, sabin, sabir, sadis, sahib, saice, saids, saiga, sails, sains, saint, saith, sakis, salic, salmi, sapid, sarin, saris, sasin, satin, satis, savin, sayid, sepia, serai, shiva, sials, sigma, silva, simar, simas, sirra, sisal, sitar, sizar, slain, snail, spahi, spail, spait, spica, staid, staig, stain, stair, stoai, stria, swail, swain, swami, tails, tains, tamis, tapis, tarsi, taxis, tsadi, unais, vails, vairs, vials, vigas, vinas, visas, vista, vivas, wadis, waifs, wails, wains, wairs, waist, waits, wisha, yagis. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Names: Derived from | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Bible Trace 14. Abbreviations 15. Acronyms 16. Derivations | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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