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Definition: Luxor |
LuxorNoun1. A city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile; site of the Temple of Luxor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Luxor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
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Luxor, in Egypt, has often been called the world's greatest open air museum, with the ruins of the temple complex at Karnak, Luxor temple, and the monuments, temples and tombs on the West Bank of the Nile, including the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens.
Statue of Ramses II It is an excellent base for touring Upper Egypt, and is a popular holiday destination, both in its own right and as a starting or finishing point for Nile cruises. It is the site of the ancient city of Thebes, and has a population of approx. 150,000.
On November 17, 1997 Muslim militants massacred 58 foreign tourists and 4 Egyptians on the West Bank outside the Temple of Hatshepsut. Police killed the assailants but the attack is believed to have been financed by Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden.
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Luxor was Swedish home electronics and computer manufacturer located in Motala, acquired by Nokia in 1985.Originally a manufacturer of television sets it launched its first home computer, the ABC80 in 1978. The succeding ABC800 series was introduced in 1981 with new releases in 1983 being produced until the ABC line was terminated in 1986.
See also: List of Swedish companies
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Luxor AB."
Crosswords: Luxor |
| Non-English Usage: "Luxor" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (Luxor). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Garden of Luxor (1972) Luxor Egypt Going to Market (1903) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing front, at Luxor, Egypt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Luxor - Vegas" by Chuck Reynolds Commentary: "Took this while staying at the Luxor in Las Vegas Nevada USA in april 2003. Was on sidewalk right next to it..." | "Luxor Still" by Mary Tamaki Commentary: "Stable of stone statues at the Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas." |
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Business | Since Luxor, tourism has regained what losses it initially suffered. (references) | |
Egypt received considerable negative publicity following a series of terrorist attacks, most notably the Luxor tragedy of 1997. However, the reality is that terrorism in Egypt has almost vanished, owing in part to a much stronger and more aggressive security presence throughout the country since the Luxor attack. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Egypt | For example, a permit issued in 1993 to repair structural damage to a 110-year-old church in a village next to Luxor remains unenforced due to "security reasons," as does a 1999 decree for repair of a church in Assiyut province. (references) |
Economic History | Egypt | The first includes the Cairo, Alexandria, Aswan, South Sinai, and Luxor governorates. (references) |
Egypt | There have been no terrorist attacks directed at foreigners since 1997 attacks in Luxor and Cairo. (references) | |
Political Economy | Egypt | Nevertheless, terrorism has receded since the Luxor incident in November 1997 and an active security presence is evident throughout the country. (references) |
Egypt | However, low international oil prices, the 1997 Luxor terrorist attack, and the effects of the Southeast Asia economic crisis all negatively affected foreign exchange earnings from 1997 through 1999, causing the trade and current account balance deficits to widen and putting pressure on the Egyptian pound, leading to a devaluation of approximately 32 percent between mid-2000 and the end of 2001. Economic growth slowed in 2000 and during the year, and the global economic slowdown and losses in the tourism sector late in the year further affected the economy negatively. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Hospital facilities in Luxor and Aswan are inadequate or are nonexistent at most other ports of call. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Luxor" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Luxor" is used about 14 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) | 57.14% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 42.86% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Denmark | Investeringsselskabet Luxor A/S |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| 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 "Luxor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | Luxor. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Luksoro. (various references) | |
French | louxor. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uxorlay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "l-o-r-u-x" | |
-1 letter: lour, roux. | |
-2 letters: lox, lux, our. | |
-3 letters: lo, or, ox, xu. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-o-r-u-x" | |
+2 letters: uxorial. | |
+3 letters: fourplex, microlux, rouleaux. | |
+4 letters: luxurious. | |
+5 letters: fourplexes, microluxes, unexplored, uxoriously. | |
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