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IANTHINA

Definition: IANTHINA

IANTHINA

Noun

1. Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"IANTHINA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a violet flower".

Etymology: Ianthina \I*an"thi*na\, noun; plural Latin Ianthin[ae], English Ianthinas. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression ianthinus violet-blue, Greek; violet flower.]. (Websters 1913)

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Crosswords: IANTHINA

English words defined with "IANTHINA": Ianthinae, IanthinasJanthinaPurple of molluscaTyrian dye, Tyrian purpleViolet shell. (references)

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Image Slideshow: IANTHINA

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IANTHINA

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Derived & Related Names: IANTHINA

"IANTHINA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a violet flower".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "IANTHINA."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
IanthinaFemaleN/AIanthe
IanthaFemaleEnglishIanthe
IantheFemaleGreek MythologyN/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: IANTHINA

Language Translations for "ianthina"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

ianthinaay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "IANTHINA"

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

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Anagrams: IANTHINA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-i-n-n-t"

-2 letters: tahini.

-3 letters: ninth.

-4 letters: anna, anta, anti, hant, hint, inia, inti, naan, nana, tain, than, thin.

-5 letters: aah, aha, ain, ait, ana, ani, ant, hat, hin, hit, inn, nah, nan, nit, nth, tan, tin.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-i-n-n-t"
 

+2 letters: annihilate, inhabitant, inhalation.

 

+3 letters: annihilated, annihilates, annihilator, antifashion, antitarnish, antiwhaling, cantharidin, inhabitancy, inhabitants, inhalations, machinating, machination.

 

+4 letters: annihilating, annihilation, annihilators, annihilatory, antifashions, antihumanism, antipoaching, cachinnating, cachinnation, cantharidins, humanitarian, humanization, inhabitation, inhalational, labyrinthian, machinations.

 

+5 letters: anachronistic, annihilations, antihistamine, antihumanisms, antimechanist, antiphonaries, cachinnations, euthanatizing, hallucinating, hallucination, harmonization, humanitarians, humanizations, inhabitancies, inhabitations, mechanization, uninhabitable.

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

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Alternative Orthography: IANTHINA


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

49 41 4E 54 48 49 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)

..    .-    -.    -    ....    ..    -.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01001001 01000001 01001110 01010100 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#65 &#78 &#84 &#72 &#73 &#78 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0041 004E 0054 0048 0049 004E 0041

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

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

4335485442434835

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Names: Derived from
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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