Magellan

Definition: Magellan

Magellan

Noun

1. Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521).

Date "Magellan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Magellan

Domain	Definitions
Biographical Satire	MAGELLAN, the man who got into straits and straights. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Literature	Magellan Straits of Magellan. So called after Magellan or Magalhaens, the Portuguese navigator, who discovered them in 1520. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Magellan

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer
the Magellan probe, a NASA unmanned space mission to Venus

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Magellan."

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Synonyms: Magellan

Synonyms: Ferdinand Magellan (n), Fernao Magalhaes (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Magellan

English words defined with "Magellan": Ferdinand Magellan ♦ Magellanic ♦ nandu ♦ Pacific Ocean, Pterocnemia pennata, Punta Arenas ♦ Rhea ♦ Strait of Magellan ♦ Tierra del Fuego ♦ Willywaw. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Magellan": Ladrones ♦ MGN. (references)

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Modern Usage: Magellan

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Intoarcerea lui Magellan (1973)

The Great War of Magellan (2003)

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Commercial Usage: Magellan

Domain	Title
References	Magellan Aerospace Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Magellan Health Services: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Magellan Petroleum Australia Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Magellan (reference) Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World (reference) Morningstar Mutual Fund Report: Fidelity Magellan [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) So Noble a Captain: The Life and Times of Ferdinand Magellan (reference) The voyage of Magellan; the journal of Antonio Pigafetta (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Magellan Meridian Gold (reference) Magellan Meridian Marine (reference) Magellan Meridian Series (reference) Magellan 6500 (reference) Magellan Gps 315/320 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	The Wake of Magellan (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Olympus Magellan 10x42 EXPWP Binocular (reference) LOGOMEDIA TRANSLATE MAGELLAN (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Image Slideshow: Magellan

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Photo Album: Magellan

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Magellan landing site in Umatac Bay.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		The BELGICA in Beagle Channel, Straits of Magellan. In: "Resultats du Voyage du S. Y. BELGICA en 1897-1898-1899 .... Rapports Scientifiques ... Travaux Hydrographiques et Instructions Nautiques" by G. Lecointe, 1903. P. 110. Plate I.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Magellan

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Ringer produces PBX and PABX equipment, Client-server Meridian 1 systems, Magellan systems (ATM and frame relay), Norstar switchboards, short-range cellular phones and others. (references)
Economic History	Chile	In 1881, it signed a treaty with Argentina confirming Chilean sovereignty over the Strait of Magellan. (references)
	Philippines	Ferdinand Magellan claimed the Philippines for Spain in 1521, and for the next 377 years, the islands were under Spanish rule. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Magellan

"Magellan" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Magellan" is used about 62 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%	62	42,755

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

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Usage in Company Names: Magellan

Country	Name	Country	Name
Australia	Magellan Petroleum Australia Limited	Canada	Magellan Aerospace Corporation
USA	Magellan Health Services
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Magellan

Expressions using "Magellan": ferdinand magellan ♦ strait of magellan. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Magellan

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
magellan	1,844
magellan gps	1,459
ferdinand magellan	222
behavioral health magellan	156
magellan meridian	97
magellan meridian gps	95
magellan gps 315	80
magellan sportrak	76
magellan meridian color	68
magellan sportrak pro	58
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Modern Translations: Magellan

Language		Translations for "Magellan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Magellan-musling (Magellan mussel). (various references)

Dutch		cholgamossel (Magellan mussel). (various references)

Finnish		sinisimpukka-laji (Magellan mussel). (various references)

French		moule striée (Magellan mussel). (various references)

German		Magellan-Miesmuschel (Magellan mussel). (various references)

Greek		κόλγκα (Magellan mussel). (various references)

Italian		colga (Magellan mussel). (various references)

Pig Latin		agellanmay.(various references)

Portuguese		mexilhão-choro (Magellan mussel). (various references)

Russian		магелланов пролив (strait of magellan). (various references)

Spanish		Magallanes. (various references)

Swedish		magellanmussla (Magellan mussel). (various references)

Turkish		Macellan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Magellan

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Aulacomya ater. (various references)
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Misspellings: Magellan

Misspellings
	"Magellan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: maazelian, Mabella, Macgiolla, Maeslaan, Magdelen, Maglaj, Maglen, Majello, Makgill, Margallen, Margolin, megellus, Mergellina, Mideplan, Mongella, morellian, Mugello. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Magellan

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-l-l-m-n"
	-1 letter: gamelan.
	-2 letters: agleam, anlage, galena, legman, manage, mangel, mangle.
	-3 letters: alane, alang, algae, algal, angel, angle, galea, gleam, glean, lagan, legal, leman, llama, mange.
	-4 letters: agma, alae, alan, alga, alma, alme, amen, anal, anga, egal, elan, gaen, gala, gale, gall, gama, game, gane, glen, lama, lame, lane, lang, leal, lean, mage, male, mall, mana, mane, meal, mean, mell, name, nema.
	-5 letters: aal, aga, age, ala, ale, all, ama, ana, ane, ell, elm, eng, gae, gal, gam, gan, gel, gem, gen, lag, lam, lea, leg, mae, mag, man, meg, mel, men, nae, nag, nam.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-l-l-m-n"
	+1 letter: gallamine.
	+2 letters: gallamines.
	+4 letters: fragmentally, magnetically, managerially.
	+5 letters: egomaniacally, enigmatically, flagellantism, megalopolitan, mineralogical, mutagenically, nematological.
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