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Definition: Maha |
MahaNoun1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Maha" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a wild cow". |
Date "Maha" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1901. (references) |
Synonym: MahaSynonym: Omaha (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Maha |
| English words defined with "Maha": Wanderoo. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Maha" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Finnish (stomach), Papiamen (be bored, be tired of something), Tahitian (four). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Maha Sati Savitri (1973) Ee Nootandile Maha Rogam (1987) Maha Shaktiman (1985) Mansoru Maha Samudram (1983) | |
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Business | Emirates Airline entered the hospitality industry in March 1999 with Al Maha Resort. (references) | |
Guests at Al Maha will enjoy their stay in a perfect sanctuary in the middle of vast nature reserve right in the heart of the desert. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Burma | The military junta prohibits any organization of Buddhist clergy other than nine state-recognized monastic orders, which submit to the authority of a state-sponsored State Clergy Coordination Committee ("Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee"--SMNC). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | We wanted to make sure John got his proper sleep, so the ol' Maha Rushie rewarded him with a Select Comfort Bed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Maha" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Maha" is used about 16 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% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Maha" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Maha | Last name | 170 | 43,004 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Maha": maha-yana. | |
| 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 |
maha | 158 |
maha battery | 45 |
maha battery charger | 16 |
maha charger | 15 |
maha yoga | 10 |
maha powerex | 8 |
pita maha | 8 |
maha sarakham thailand | 8 |
maha energy | 8 |
maha taj | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "maha"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | ahamay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Maha": maharaja, maharajah, maharajahs, maharajas, maharanee, maharanees, maharani, maharanis, maharishi, maharishis, mahatma, mahatmas. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Maha": tacamahac, tacamahacs, tomahawk, tomahawked, tomahawking, tomahawks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: amah. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-m" | |
-1 letter: aah, aha, ama, ham. | |
-2 letters: aa, ah, am, ha, hm, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-m" | |
+1 letter: almah, amahs, halma, hamal, hamza. | |
+2 letters: ahimsa, almahs, ashman, ashram, asthma, brahma, chacma, dharma, graham, haemal, halmas, hamada, hamals, hamate, hamaul, hammal, hamzah, hamzas, maltha, matsah, matzah, mayhap, shaman, shamas, shazam. | |
+3 letters: ahimsas, amphora, ashamed, ashrams, asthmas, bathmat, brahmas, chacmas, chamade, champac, champak, chapman, chasmal, chiasma, dharmas, drachma, grahams, hackman, hadarim, hamadas, hamates, hamauls, hammada, hammals, hamular, hamzahs, hangman, hanuman, hazanim, headman, hematal, himatia, macchia, mahatma, mahonia, mahuang, malthas, marshal, matsahs, matzahs, quamash, sambhar, shamans, shammas, tamasha, thalami, yashmac, yashmak. | |
+4 letters: achromat, amaranth, amphibia, amphorae, amphoral, amphoras, anathema, anthemia, archaism, armchair, arythmia, atheroma, bathmats, camshaft, chadarim, chainman, chairman, chamades, chambray, champacs, champaks, charisma, chazanim, chiasmal, chiasmas, chimaera, chloasma, coachman, drachmae, drachmai, drachmas, earthman, farmhand, gamashes, gymkhana, haematal, haematic, haematin, hallmark, hamartia, hammadas, hamulate, handmade, handmaid, handyman, hanumans, hatmaker, haymaker, hazzanim, headlamp, headsman, hematoma, hepatoma, hermaean, hexagram, hogmanay, maharaja, maharani, mahatmas, mahimahi, mahogany, mahonias, mahuangs, marathon, marchesa, mariachi, marshall, marshals, mastabah, masthead, meathead, monachal, naumachy, pachadom, panhuman, pashadom, phantasm, pharmacy, ranchman, sambhars, schemata, shamable, shamanic, shammash, stramash, tamashas, thalamic, thalamus, tomahawk, trachoma, trashman, watchman, whaleman, xanthoma, yachtman, yashmacs, yashmaks. | |
+5 letters: abashment, achromats, aftermath, amaranths, amphibian, anarchism, anathemas, anchorman, antihuman, antimacho, archaisms, armchairs, arythmias, ashamedly, asphaltum, asthmatic, athenaeum, atheromas, azimuthal, camshafts, chairmans, chambrays, champagne, champaign, charwoman, chazzanim, chiasmata, chimaeras, chlamydia, deathsman, diaphragm, ecthymata, exanthema, farmhands, flashlamp, gymkhanas, hackamore, haematics, haematins, haematite, hallmarks, hamadryad, hamartias, handmaids, harmattan, harmonica, hatmakers, haymakers, headlamps, hematomas, hematuria, hepatomas, hexagrams, hogmanays, hypomania, ischaemia, lachrymal, lanthanum, machinate, maharajah, maharajas, maharanee, maharanis, maharishi, mahimahis, malachite, malathion, manhandle, manhattan, marathons, marchpane, mariachis, marihuana, marshalcy, marshaled, marshalls, marshland, mastabahs, mastheads, matchable, matriarch, meatheads, megadeath, melphalan, metaphase, monarchal, naumachia, pachadoms, paranymph, pashadoms, phantasma, phantasms, quamashes, rhizomata, shamanism, shamanist, shamefast, shammasim, shantyman, tacamahac, tomahawks, trachomas, unashamed, washerman, washwoman, xanthomas, yachtsman. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 68 61 |
| 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 01100001 01101000 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a h a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0068 0061 |
| 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)47677467 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Spoken 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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