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Date "KILDA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Kilda (St.). The farthest of the western isles of Scotland. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| "Clock Tower" by Tyniuz C. Commentary: "Clock Tower on a sunny day in St Kilda." |
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| "KILDA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "KILDA" is used about 55 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) | 100% | 55 | 45,713 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
st kilda | 26 |
st kilda football club | 17 |
kilda melbourne st | 6 |
st kilda saint | 4 |
development kilda st web | 4 |
internet kilda marketing st | 4 |
novotel st kilda | 4 |
kilda scotland st | 3 |
st kilda hotel | 2 |
australia kilda st | 2 |
kilda road st | 2 |
kilda new saint zealand | 2 |
kilda parkview rd st | 2 |
kilda marque st | 2 |
kilda rd st | 2 |
st kilda accommodation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "KILDA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Manx | Heertch (St. Kilda). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ildakay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-k-l" | |
-1 letter: dial, ilka, kadi, kail, laid. | |
-2 letters: aid, ail, dak, dal, ilk, kid, lad, lid. | |
-3 letters: ad, ai, al, id, ka, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-k-l" | |
+2 letters: kilorad, ladykin, odalisk, skaldic. | |
+3 letters: alkaloid, alkoxide, backslid, baldrick, beadlike, blinkard, darklier, darkling, dawnlike, ducktail, goadlike, handlike, kailyard, kallidin, keloidal, khedival, kilobaud, kilorads, ladykins, ladylike, lakeside, landskip, lardlike, milkmaid, odalisks, pickadil, roadkill, sandlike, sidewalk, tailskid, toadlike. | |
+4 letters: adobelike, adultlike, alkalised, alkalized, alkaloids, alkoxides, backfield, backslide, baldricks, blackbird, bladelike, blinkards, boardlike, darkliest, deathlike, dekaliter, dreamlike, drinkable, ducktails, dwarflike, garlicked, gavelkind, kailyards, kallidins, khedivial, kilobauds, kundalini, lakesides, landskips, milkmaids, pickadils, roadkills, sidewalks, tailskids, thylakoid. | |
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