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Definition: ISABELLA |
ISABELLA1. Alt. of Isabella color |
"ISABELLA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God is my oath". |
Date "ISABELLA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | ISABELLA, a Spanish queen who vowed she would not change her clothes until the Moors were driven from the country. Her husband, the king, raised an army and accomplished the feat. I.'s name is sometimes connected with the discovery of America. This, however, is an error, as Columbus took a more active part. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Isabella Princess of Sicily, in love with Robert le Diable, but promised in marriage to the prince of Granada, who challenged Robert to mortal combat. Robert was allured from the combat by his fiend-father, but when Alice told him that Isabella "the princess is waiting for him at the altar," a struggle took place between Bertram and Alice, the one trying to drag the duke to the infernal regions, and the other trying to win him to the ways of virtue. Alice prevailed, but the audience is not informed whether Robert married Isabella or not. (Meyerbeer's opera, Robert il Diavolo.) Isabella, daughter of Hercules, Duke of Ferra'r sister of Alfonso and Ippolito, and wife of Francisco Gonzago, lord of Mantua. Isabella (See Pot Of Basil .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Crosswords: ISABELLA |
| English words defined with "ISABELLA": Aragon ♦ Ferdinand and Isabella, Ferdinand the Catholic, Ferdinand V, fox grape, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros ♦ Hedgehog caterpillar ♦ Isabel color, Isabella color, Isabella grape, Isabella I, Isabella moth, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Isabella the Catholic, Isabelline ♦ Jimenez de Cisneros ♦ woolly bear. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ISABELLA": COLUMBUS ♦ Gourre ♦ ISABELLA, Isabelle ♦ Magricio ♦ Nottingham ♦ Odorico. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ISABELLA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Russian (Bella). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Duchessa dei diavoli Isabella (1969) Isabella (1964) Columbus and Isabella (1924) The Jealousy of Miguel and Isabella (1913) Laila Isabella (2003) | |
Song Titles | Queen Isabella (performing artist: Kristoph Klover) | |
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 | Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1951, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. Built in Scotland in 1860 as the commercial steamship Giraffe, Robert E. Lee was captured on 9 November 1863 and later became USS Fort Donelson. Sold after the Civil War, she was renamed Isabella. In 1869 she became the Chilean Navy ship Concepcion. Credit: NAVY. |  | Hinckley family, of Albany, New York, full-length group portrait, including Dr. John Warren Hinckley, his wife, a son, and daughter Isabella. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Isabella, or, The pot of basil. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Farmer. Isabella County, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mrs. Isabella Salazar at Casa Ricardo Hotel, Kingsville, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Columbus reception by the King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain after his first return from America = Columbus empfang von ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Emma shall be an angel, and I will keep my spleen to myself till Christmas brings John and Isabella. |
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Health | I am a woman approaching middle age. My name might be Carol or Isabella or Arlene or Lily. I might be Hispanic/Latino, African- American, Asian, Native American, Caucasian, or belong to any other racial or ethnic group. (references) | |
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| "ISABELLA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.79% of the time. "ISABELLA" is used about 331 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) | 98.79% | 327 | 15,903 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.21% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 331 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ISABELLA" 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 |
| Isabella | First name Female | 8,000 | 997 |
| Isabella | Last name | 300 | 30,225 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "ISABELLA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God is my oath". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "ISABELLA." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Isebella | Female | N/A | Isabella |
| Zabel | Female | Armenian | Isabel |
| Elizabeth | Female | Biblical | N/A |
| Izabela | Female | Czech | Isabella |
| 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 |
| Sabella | Female | English | Isabella |
| Ysabel | Female | English | Isabel |
| Isabel | Female | French | Elizabeth |
| Isabelle | Female | French | Isabel |
| Isabelle | Female | German | Isabel |
| Izabella | Female | Hungarian | Isabella |
| Isibéal | Female | Irish | Isabel |
| Sibéal | Female | Irish | Isabel |
| Isabella | Female | Italian | Isabel |
| Izabela | Female | Polish | Isabella |
| Izabella | Female | Polish | Isabella |
| 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. | |||
1. Isabella, MN 2. Isabella, MO 3. Isabella, OK |
Expressions using "ISABELLA": Ferdinand and Isabella ♦ Isabella color ♦ Isabella County ♦ Isabella grape ♦ Isabella I ♦ Isabella moth ♦ Isabella Stewart Gardner ♦ Isabella the Catholic ♦ Lake Isabella ♦ Pyrrharctia isabella. 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. |
| Language | Translations for "ISABELLA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Izabelë (Isabel), Ngjyrë Verdhë-gri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Сивожълт Цвят (Isabel), Сивожълт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Izabela (Isabel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ισαβέλα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Világos Kávészínû, Világos Kávészín. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Ysbal (Isobel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isabellaay Amarelo-esbranquiçado (isinglass). (various references) Изабелла (Isabel), Серовато-желтый Цвет. (various references) vrsta grožđa, sivkastožut, mala vrsta goluba gušana. (various references) Isabela. (various references) Isabellafärgad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"ISABELLA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acapella, Fiasella, Gisebelle, Isabela, Isabelia, Isabell, Isabellas, isabelle, Isabellita, Izabela, Izabella, Lisbellaw, Mirabella, Mirabello, Sibella. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sailable. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-l-l-s" | |
-1 letter: abelias, ballies, labials, salable. | |
-2 letters: abelia, abseil, alible, allies, labels, labial, labile, liable, libels. | |
-3 letters: abase, ables, aisle, albas, alias, baals, bails, balas, bales, balls, balsa, basal, basil, bells, biles, bills, blase, ileal, label, labia, libel, lisle, sable, salal. | |
-4 letters: aals, abas, able, ails, alae, alas, alba, albs, ales, alls, asea, baal, baas, bail. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-l-l-s" | |
+1 letter: ballistae, wallabies. | |
+2 letters: assailable, balladries, ballerinas, isolatable, labializes. | |
+3 letters: abolishable, assimilable, banderillas, basipetally, displayable, falsifiable, inflatables, labiovelars, radiolabels, subaerially, syllabaries, syllabicate. | |
+4 letters: antiliberals, ballcarriers, bilateralism, blackmailers, classifiable, decasyllabic, displaceable, inflammables, labiodentals, salabilities, syllabicated, syllabicates, trailblazers, unassailable. | |
+5 letters: availableness, balletomanias, bilateralisms, bouillabaisse, decasyllabics, establishable, mailabilities, megaloblastic, palpabilities, placabilities, playabilities, turbellarians, ultraliberals, unassimilable, unfalsifiable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 53 41 42 45 4C 4C 41 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. ... .- -... . .-.. .-.. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01010011 01000001 01000010 01000101 01001100 01001100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I S A B E L L A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0053 0041 0042 0045 004C 004C 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4353353639464635 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Τσέχος, cseh, Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Ρώσος, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk |
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