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Knox

Definitions: Knox

Knox

Noun

1. Scottish theologian who founded Scottish Presbyterianism and wrote a history of the reformation in Scotland (1514-1572).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Knox" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Knox

DomainDefinitions

Biographical Satire

KNOX, John, of Edinburgh. He was the man who introduced the kirk into Scotland, but failed to launch the collection plate. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.

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Specialty Definition: Knox, Indiana

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Knox is a city located in Starke County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 3,721. The city is the county seat of Starke County6.

Geography


Knox is located at 41°17'39" North, 86°37'21" West (41.294159, -86.622625)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.2 km² (3.9 mi²). 10.2 km² (3.9 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 3,721 people, 1,466 households, and 961 families residing in the city. The population density is 365.6/km² (947.3/mi²). There are 1,586 housing units at an average density of 155.8/km² (403.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 97.29% White, 0.11% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.99% from other races, and 1.05% from two or more races. 2.28% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,466 households out of which 31.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% are married couples living together, 14.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% are non-families. 30.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.43 and the average family size is 3.01. In the city the population is spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.7 males. The median income for a household in the city is $29,891, and the median income for a family is $35,615. Males have a median income of $30,585 versus $20,994 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,184. 15.5% of the population and 11.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.9% are under the age of 18 and 12.6% are 65 or older.



Knox, Maine

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Knox is a town located in Waldo County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 747.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 76.0 km² (29.3 mi²). 75.5 km² (29.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.68% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 747 people, 283 households, and 208 families residing in the town. The population density is 9.9/km² (25.6/mi²). There are 324 housing units at an average density of 4.3/km² (11.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.46% White, 0.13% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. 0.40% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 283 households out of which 38.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% are married couples living together, 8.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% are non-families. 20.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 3.06. In the town the population is spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 101.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $33,333, and the median income for a family is $39,107. Males have a median income of $26,179 versus $22,386 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,468. 13.2% of the population and 10.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.6% are under the age of 18 and 21.9% are 65 or older.



Knox, New York

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Knox is a town located in Albany County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,647.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 108.6 km² (41.9 mi²). 108.2 km² (41.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.33% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 2,647 people, 953 households, and 743 families residing in the town. The population density is 24.5/km² (63.4/mi²). There are 1,041 housing units at an average density of 9.6/km² (24.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.43% White, 0.76% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. 0.30% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 953 households out of which 39.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.2% are married couples living together, 8.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% are non-families. 16.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.78 and the average family size is 3.13. In the town the population is spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $55,658, and the median income for a family is $63,697. Males have a median income of $39,112 versus $30,054 for females. The per capita income for the town is $22,670. 5.4% of the population and 3.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.6% are under the age of 18 and 11.0% are 65 or older.



Knox, North Dakota

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Knox is a city located in Benson County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 59.

Geography


Knox is located at 48°20'31" North, 99°41'33" West (48.341913, -99.692403)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²). 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 59 people, 22 households, and 13 families residing in the city. The population density is 45.6/km² (118.6/mi²). There are 28 housing units at an average density of 21.6/km² (56.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 96.61% White, 1.69% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.69% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 3.39% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 22 households out of which 31.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% are married couples living together, 4.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% are non-families. 27.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 22.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.68 and the average family size is 3.36. In the city the population is spread out with 37.3% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 15.3% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $22,500, and the median income for a family is $30,000. Males have a median income of $33,125 versus $14,167 for females. The per capita income for the city is $12,808. 18.4% of the population and 14.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 25.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.



Knox, Pennsylvania

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Knox is a borough located in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 1,176.

Geography


Knox is located at 41°14'7" North, 79°32'10" West (41.235317, -79.536123)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,176 people, 528 households, and 337 families residing in the borough. The population density is 796.6/km² (2,056.0/mi²). There are 570 housing units at an average density of 386.1/km² (996.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 98.98% White, 0.00% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.26% from two or more races. 0.85% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 528 households out of which 26.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% are married couples living together, 10.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.0% are non-families. 32.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.23 and the average family size is 2.79. In the borough the population is spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.8 males. The median income for a household in the borough is $32,407, and the median income for a family is $37,431. Males have a median income of $31,908 versus $18,603 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $18,043. 14.5% of the population and 12.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 25.1% are under the age of 18 and 11.9% are 65 or older.



Knox, Wisconsin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Knox is a town located in Price County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 399.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 124.6 km² (48.1 mi²). 124.5 km² (48.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.04% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 399 people, 173 households, and 111 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.2/km² (8.3/mi²). There are 240 housing units at an average density of 1.9/km² (5.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.50% White, 0.00% African American, 0.50% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 2.01% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 173 households out of which 22.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.5% are married couples living together, 4.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% are non-families. 30.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.31 and the average family size is 2.89. In the town the population is spread out with 20.8% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 111.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 115.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $28,824, and the median income for a family is $35,000. Males have a median income of $27,344 versus $16,838 for females. The per capita income for the town is $20,674. 10.8% of the population and 5.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 25.9% are under the age of 18 and 8.5% 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 "Knox, Indiana."

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Synonym: Knox

Synonym: John Knox (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Knox

English words defined with "Knox": James Knox Polk, John Knox. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Knox": Apostles, where buried ♦ KNOX, knox hole, knox system ♦ Wise as the Mayor of Banbury, Wives of Literary Men. (references)

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Modern Usage: Knox

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Knox und die lustigen Vagabunden (1935)

Hard Knox (2001)

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Commercial Usage: Knox

DomainTitle

References

  • The Knox D'Arcy Trust P.L.C.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • Barbourville and Knox County (reference)

  • Cadbury, Knox, and Talbert: American Contributions to the Study of Acts (reference)

  • From Gileskirk to Greyfriars: Mary Queen of Scots, John Knox & the Heroes of Scotland's Reformation (reference)

  • Parallel Apocrypha: Greek Text, King James Version, Douay Old Testament, the Holy Bible by Ronald Knox, Today's English Version, New Revised standard (reference)

  • Ronald Knox (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • NFL: 1992 Los Angeles Rams Team Video - Opportunity Knox (reference)

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Music

  

High Tech

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Image Slideshow: Knox

Photos:
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Photo Album: Knox

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Robert Knox Rose to Rear Admiral during career. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

African American farmers, Lola B Knox and her son Derrick grow sweet corn, hot peppers, sweet potatos, butter beans, and snap beans for market on their farm in Amite County, MS. Credit: USDA.

Execution of the notorious William Burke the murderer, who supplied Dr. Knox with subjects. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[H. Earle Conwell] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J.F. Knox..

Chats with Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (at right), on board USS Curtiss (AV-4) at "Button" Naval Base, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 20 January 1943. Secretary Knox was then touring the Guadalcanal campaign area. Credit: NAVY.

Receives the congratulations of Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, upon being presented with the Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of his service as Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1 December 1936 to 1 January 1944. The presentation took place in Secretary Knox' office on 12 April 1944. Looking on are Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Commandant of the Marine Corps (right) and Colonel James Roosevelt. Credit: NAVY.

Architectural drawing for a motel ("B & K system of tourist homes") for William Knox. Credit: Library of Congress.

Secretary Knox (center) watches landing operations at New River, North Caroline / Official U.S. Navy photograph. Credit: Library of Congress.

Roxy usherettes (l to r) Marie Prange, Sheilah Knox, and Jo Ann De Santis dispense coffee and doughnuts to line of movie patrons headed by Mrs. Lily Vieder, at the premiere of "Forever Amber" outside the Roxy Theater, New York City. Credit: Library of Congress.

James Knox Polk, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Familiar Quotations: Knox

AuthorQuotation

J.s. Knox

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

John Knox

A man with God is always in the majority.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Knox

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The Taiwan Navy (TN) has procured eight KNOX class frigates, two Newport class LSTs, one Anchorage class LSD, one salvage and rescue (ARS) ship, and 20 Sikorsky S-70C helicopters from the U.S., plus six Lafayette frigates from France. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Knox

"Knox" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.62% of the time. "Knox" is used about 263 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)99.62%26218,239
Noun (singular)0.38%1339,140
                    Total100.00%263N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Knox

The following table summarizes the usage of "Knox" 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
KnoxLast name19,000641
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Usage in Company Names: Knox

CountryName
United Kingdom

The Knox D'Arcy Trust P.L.C.

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Cities: Knox


1. Knox, IN (city, FIPS 40374)
Location: 41.29191 N, 86.62134 W
Population (1990): 3705 (1520 housing units)
Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

2. Knox, ND (city, FIPS 43260)
Location: 48.34269 N, 99.68929 W
Population (1990): 45 (25 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 58343
Country: USA

3. Knox, PA (borough, FIPS 40272)
Location: 41.23477 N, 79.53570 W
Population (1990): 1182 (538 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 16232
Country: USA

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Expression: Knox

Expressions using "Knox": Fort Knox ♦ James Knox Polk ♦ John Knox ♦ Knox City ♦ Knox County. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Knox": Knox-johnson, Knox-johnston.

Ending with "Knox": Albright-knox.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Knox

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		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fort knox

713

john knox village

44

fort knox ky

327

knox pa

43

knox news

305

tn knox county

41

knox

225

knox news sentinel

38

fort knox kentucky

163

fort knox safe

37

credit federal fort knox union

143

auditor county knox

34

knox county school

137

knox indiana

34

knox college

107

county knox library

30

gelatin knox

101

county government knox

30

box knox

86

ft kentucky knox

29

knox in

78

county humane knox society

29

knox county

77

blaw knox

24

knox county ohio

66

county knox library public

24

john knox

65

first knox national bank

23

albright knox

60

fort gold knox

22

albright art gallery knox

56

army base fort knox

22

knox county tennessee

52

company knox

21

fort knox credit union

49

county knox school tn

20

fort knox national bank

45

county knox school tennessee

20

ft knox ky

45

fort home knox page

20
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Modern Translations: Knox

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

Danish

  

Knox-proces til krakning (Knox cracking process, Knox process). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Knox-procédé (Knox cracking process, Knox process). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Knoxin menetelmä (Knox cracking process, Knox process). (various references)

   

French

  

procédé Knox (Knox cracking process, Knox process), procédé de craquage en phase vapeur (Knox cracking process, Knox process). (various references)

   

German

  

Knox-Verfahren (Knox cracking process, Knox process), Knox-Prozeß (Knox cracking process, Knox process). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μέθοδος Knox (Knox cracking process, Knox process). (various references)

   

Italian

  

processo Knox (Knox cracking process, Knox process). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oxknay

   

Portuguese

  

processo Knox (Knox cracking process, Knox process). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Knox krackningsprocess (Knox cracking process, Knox process). (various references)

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Misspellings: Knox

Misspellings

"Knox" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Innoxa, Inox, Kenix, Kinex, knex, knix, Noggs, Noix, Novx. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Knox

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "k-n-o-x"

-2 letters: no, on, ox.

 Words containing the letters "k-n-o-x"
 

+2 letters: klaxon.

 

+3 letters: foxskin, klaxons.

 

+4 letters: foxskins.

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Alternative Orthography: Knox


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

4B 6E 6F 78

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)

01001011 01101110 01101111 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#110 &#111 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 006E 006F 0078

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

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

45808190

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Knox"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsetanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, dansk

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holländsk

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutossuomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finsk

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, fransk, franska

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungtysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, tysk

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, grek

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugis

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningZweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, svensk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, engelsk
 


INDEX

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


  

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