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JACOBUS

Definition: JACOBUS

JACOBUS

Noun

1. An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "JACOBUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Note: Jacobus \Ja*co"bus\, noun; plural Jacobuses. [See Jacobite.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: JACOBUS

DomainDefinition

Literature

Jacobus A gold coin of the value of 25s., struck in the reign of James I. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Specialty Definition: Jacobus, Pennsylvania

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Jacobus is a borough located in York County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 1,203.

Geography


Jacobus is located at 39°52'57" North, 76°42'43" West (39.882516, -76.712068)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²). 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,203 people, 481 households, and 379 families residing in the borough. The population density is 510.4/km² (1,316.0/mi²). There are 500 housing units at an average density of 212.1/km² (547.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 99.42% White, 0.00% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.17% from two or more races. 0.25% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 481 households out of which 31.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% are married couples living together, 7.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% are non-families. 19.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.49 and the average family size is 2.84. In the borough the population is spread out with 22.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.4 males. The median income for a household in the borough is $44,185, and the median income for a family is $52,500. Males have a median income of $35,903 versus $25,139 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $23,224. 1.3% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 1.7% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Jacobus, Pennsylvania."

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Crosswords: JACOBUS

English words defined with "JACOBUS": Arminian Baptist, Arminian Church, ArminianismBroadpieceGeneral BaptistJacobuses. (references)
Specialty definitions using "JACOBUS": Jacobites. (references)
Non-English Usage: "JACOBUS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (Jack, Jacob, James).

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Modern Usage: JACOBUS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Who's Jacobus Blitzer? (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel)

You don't know who Jacobus Blitzer is? (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel)

Movie/TV Titles

Jacobus en Corneel (1984)

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

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Commercial Usage: JACOBUS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Forerunner of the Great Awakening: Sermons by Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (1691-1747) (The Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America, n (reference)

  • Jacko Jacobus (reference)

  • Jacobus Eliza Johannes Capitein, 1717-1747: A Critical Study of an Eighteenth Century African (reference)

  • Jacobus Hoogstraeten gegen Johannes Reuchlin : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Antijudaismus im 16. Jahrhundert (reference)

  • Jacobus Revius: A Theological Examination of Cartesian Philosophy. Early Criticisms (1647 (Kerhistorische Bijdragen, 19) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: JACOBUS

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Blackbar soldierfish huddle within a coral reef nook. Myripristus jacobus. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Jacobus Demuth / Mauritz Lang delin. et Sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

P.D. Jacobus Del Verme C.R. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Jo. Jacobus Baierus / Wolffg. Philipp Kilian Sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Rudolphus Jacobus Camerarius. / Seiller sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Jacobus Pancratius Bruno / W.P. Kilian sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Philippus Jacobus Düttelius / Jac. Andr. Fridrich Sc. Aug. Vind. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Miss Mildred Gilpin] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Laura Jacobus..

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, New Jersey. Mr. Jacobus. Credit: Library of Congress.

Portrait of Jacobus Arnoldus. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: JACOBUS

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Indonesia

In November Jacobus Bere, a member of a group accused of the July 2000 killing of a New Zealand Peacekeeper, was retried for first- and second-degree murder, following a joint investigation of the incident by the Government and U.N. Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). (references)

Political Economy

East Timor

On November 6, the trial of mid-level militiaman Jacobus Bere for the July 2000 killing of U.N. Peacekeeper Private Leonard Manning, a member of the New Zealand Army Battalion, continued. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: JACOBUS

"JACOBUS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "JACOBUS" is used about 7 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)100%7133,076

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

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Name Usage Frequency: JACOBUS

The following table summarizes the usage of "JACOBUS" 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
JacobusLast name1,00016,131
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: JACOBUS


1. Jacobus, PA (borough, FIPS 37640)
Location: 39.88242 N, 76.71238 W
Population (1990): 1370 (528 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 17407
Country: USA

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Expression: JACOBUS

Expression using "JACOBUS": Jacobus Arminius. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: JACOBUS

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

jacobus stainer

17

jacobus

14

cheri jacobus

5

jacobus stainer violin

4

arminius jacobus

4

jacobus pharmaceutical

3

henricus hoff jacobus t van

3

jacobus recourt

3

1919 born feb19 find holland in jacobus nolet

3

jacobus steiner

2

geldof jacobus

2

tim jacobus

2

jacobus pa

2

jacobus property

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: JACOBUS

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

Danish

  

Esau-Jakob-kompleks (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references)

   

French

  

complexe d'Esaü-Jacob (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references)

   

German

  

Esau-Jakob-Komplex (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύμπλεγμα Ησαύ-Ιακώβ (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acobusjay

   

Portuguese

  

complexo de Esau-Jacob (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

золотая монета XVII в. с изображением Якова I. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

complejo de Esaú-Jacob (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

jakobin (jacobin). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: JACOBUS

Derivations

Words beginning with "JACOBUS": jacobuses. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "JACOBUS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "JACOBUS" (pronounced jukō"bus)
3-b u sairbus, bulbous, cannabis, harquebus, ibis, Nimbus, omnibus, Phoebus, Rebus, syllabus.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: JACOBUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-j-o-s-u"

-2 letters: jubas, sajou, scuba.

-3 letters: abos, boas, cabs, cobs, cubs, jabs, jobs, juba, ocas, scab, soja, suba.

-4 letters: abo, abs, bas, boa, bos, bus, cab, cob, cos, cub, jab, job, jus, oca, sab, sac, sau, sob, sou, sub.

-5 letters: ab, as, ba, bo, jo, os, so, us.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-j-o-s-u"
 

+2 letters: jacobuses.

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

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Alternative Orthography: JACOBUS


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

4A 41 43 4F 42 55 53

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)

01001010 01000001 01000011 01001111 01000010 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#65 &#67 &#79 &#66 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0041 0043 004F 0042 0055 0053

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

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

44353749365553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Cities
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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