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KAMALA

Definition: KAMALA

KAMALA

Noun

1. The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: KAMALA

Non-English Usage: "KAMALA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Finnish (dreadful, frightful, ghastly).

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Modern Usage: KAMALA

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Amala Kamala (1971)

Miss Kamala (1936)

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

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Commercial Usage: KAMALA

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cultural Imperialism and the Indo-English Novel: Genre and Ideology in R. K. Narayan, Anita Desai, Kamala Markandaya, and Salman Rushdie (reference)

  • Five Plays: Kamala, Silence! the Court Is in Session, Sakharam Binder, the Vultures, Encounter in Umbugland (Oxford India Paperbacks) (reference)

  • Kamala Markandaya's (aka Kamala Taylor's) "Nectar in a Sieve": A Study Guide from Gale's "Novels for Students" [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Major Indian Novelists: Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Kamala Markandaya (reference)

  • Novels of Kamala Markandaya and Ruth Jhabvala (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: KAMALA

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Congo

There were no reported developments in any of the following 2000 arrest cases: The October rearrest and subsequent execution of Commandant Masasu and 35 suspected collaborators; the July arrest and subsequent detention of Faustin Kamala, Deogratias Bihaira, and Thomas Kataala; the June arrest of Reverend Placide Tshisumpa Tshiakatumba, president of the International Society for Human Rights; the May arrest and continued detention of Kinshasa University student Jean-Pierre Mofila Mbomb; the January arrest and detention of Jose Malika; and the January arrest and torture of Albert Angbana Mate. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: KAMALA

"KAMALA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "KAMALA" is used about 12 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%12101,599

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

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Name Usage Frequency: KAMALA

The following table summarizes the usage of "KAMALA" 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
KamalaFirst name Female1,0003,559
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: KAMALA

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

kamala

131

kamala severe weather warning

19

kamala sarup

11

kamala lopez

10

giant ugandan kamala

10

harris kamala

10

kamala lopez dawson

9

ugandan kamala

9

kamala markandaya

8

wwf kamala

6

kamala wrestling

5

amala kamala

4

kamala wrestler

4

kamala devi

3

kamala bay terrace resort

3

best kamala

3

kamala beach

3

das kamala

2

kamala property sale

2

kamala bay terrace

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

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Derivations & Misspellings: KAMALA

Derivations

Words beginning with "KAMALA": kamalas. (additional references)


Misspellings

"KAMALA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amala, Amzallag, Gamala, Kajala, kakala, kalalae, Kalalah, Kamaal, Kamaleai, Kamali, Kamalia, Kamata, Kamataka, kambala, Kamina, Kamira, Kamla, Kamuza, kanal, Kanata, Kandalar, Kangalas, kanola, Kapalu, Kapalua, Karmali, Kataya, Kavalek, Kayalar, Keamanan, Kefala, Kemali, Kemplah, kerala, Khanal, Kimata, Kimika, kirala, komal, Komaleh, konavli, Kotmale, kumalli, Kumla, Kunale, Makala, Makale, Makalla, Namalwa, Ramsala. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: KAMALA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-k-l-m"

-1 letter: kalam.

-2 letters: alma, lama.

-3 letters: aal, ala, ama, lam.

-4 letters: aa, al, am, ka, la, ma.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-k-l-m"
 

+1 letter: kamalas, yamalka.

 

+2 letters: yamalkas.

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

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Alternative Orthography: KAMALA


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

4B 41 4D 41 4C 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)

01001011 01000001 01001101 01000001 01001100 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#65 &#77 &#65 &#76 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0041 004D 0041 004C 0041

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

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

453547354635

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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