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Definition: MADRINA |
MADRINANoun1. An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. |
Date "MADRINA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Madrina \Ma*dri"na\, noun. [Spanish expression, prop., godmother.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: MADRINA |
| Non-English Usage: "MADRINA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (godmother, sponsor), Spanish (godmother). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | La llamaban La Madrina (1973) Ada Madrina (1998) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
madrina | 3 |
madrina vestidos | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "madrina"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | adrinamay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "MADRINA" (pronounced 'Ma*dri"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Erythrina, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, Hydrina, HYENA, iguana, Ingena, Jambolana, Kerana, Khenna, Krishna, lacuna, Lagena, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna, manna, Marena, Marikina, Meandrina, melaena, melena, Meminna, Mishna, Molybdena, Mona, Monorhina, Muraena, myna, Nagana, Nemertina, Neritina, Ngina, Nicotiana, Nirvana, Ocarina, Oculina, Orbulina, ozena, Paludina, Parapherna, Pedicellina, Pediculina, Penna, Persona, Phagedena, Phalaena, Philopena, Piscina, Poinciana, Polycystina, Pomona, Pseudo-china, Pseudo-galena, Puna, Purana, Pyrena, Quinquina, Rana, Salamandrina, Salina, Sarcina, savanna, scarlatina, Scena, semolina, senna, Seraphina, sienna, signorina, Sonatina, Strepsorhina, sultana, Sunna, Tel-el-Amarna, Tellina, Thana, tramontana, trichina, Tridacna, Trona, ulna, Vaccina, Vacuna, vagina, Varuna, Velutina, Vena, Vitrina, Vitro-di-trina, Wenona, Zenana, Zona. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: aidman, airman, aramid, marina, radian. | |
-2 letters: adman, amain, amnia, anima, daman, damar, dinar, drain, drama, inarm, mania, maria, nadir, naiad, naira, ranid. | |
-3 letters: airn, amia, amid, amin, amir, aria, arid, damn, darn, dram, maar, maid, main, mair, mana, mina, mind, nada, nard, raia, raid, rain, rami, rand, rani, rind. | |
-4 letters: aid, aim, ain, air, ama, ami, ana, and, ani, arm, dam, dim, din, mad, man, mar, mid, mir, nam, nim, rad, ram, ran, ria, rid, rim, rin. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ai, am, an, ar, id, in, ma, mi, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: dairyman, mandarin, marinade, mridanga, radioman, tamarind, zamindar. | |
+2 letters: mandarins, marauding, marinaded, marinades, marinated, mridangam, mridangas, tamarinds, zamindari, zamindars. | |
+3 letters: admiration, aldermanic, animadvert, barramundi, chairmaned, diagraming, maidenhair, mainlander, mandarinic, mandibular, marginated, marinading, mridangams, reanimated, redamaging, smaragdine, undramatic, zamindaris. | |
+4 letters: admeasuring, admirations, adumbrating, adumbration, aerodynamic, animadverts, barramundis, chairmanned, daydreaming, demarcating, demarcation, diagramming, disarmament, dramatising, dramatizing, intradermal, lamebrained, madreporian, madrigalian, maidenhairs, maidservant, mainlanders, mandarinate, mandarinism, mandataries, mandatories, mandatorily, milliradian, misawarding, nondramatic, vanguardism. | |
+5 letters: administrant, administrate, adumbrations, aerodynamics, animadverted, barramundies, demarcations, dermabrasion, disarmaments, imparadising, madreporians, maidservants, mainstreamed, mandarinates, mandarinisms, marginalized, masquerading, micromanaged, milliradians, monodramatic, salamandrine, trademarking, undramatized, vanguardisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 41 44 52 49 4E 41 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -.. .-. .. -. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000001 01000100 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M A D R I N A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0041 0044 0052 0049 004E 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47353852434835 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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