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Marengo

Definition: Marengo

Marengo

Noun

1. A battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Marengo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

 

Crosswords: Marengo

English words defined with "Marengo": chicken Marengo. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Marengo": Granite Redoubt. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Marengo" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (pepper and salt).

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Specialty Definition: Marengo, Illinois

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Marengo is a city located in McHenry County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 6,355.

Geography


Marengo is located at 42°15'3" North, 88°36'18" West (42.250725, -88.604988)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.3 km² (4.0 mi²). 10.3 km² (4.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 6,355 people, 2,387 households, and 1,694 families residing in the city. The population density is 616.5/km² (1,598.5/mi²). There are 2,475 housing units at an average density of 240.1/km² (622.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 92.07% White, 0.30% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 5.54% from other races, and 1.53% from two or more races. 13.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,387 households out of which 38.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% are married couples living together, 10.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% are non-families. 24.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 3.17. In the city the population is spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $50,214, and the median income for a family is $57,209. Males have a median income of $41,298 versus $26,317 for females. The per capita income for the city is $22,225. 4.4% of the population and 3.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 5.4% are under the age of 18 and 5.5% are 65 or older.




Marengo, Indiana

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Marengo is a town located in Crawford County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 829.

Geography


Marengo is located at 38°22'14" North, 86°20'36" West (38.370579, -86.343425)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²). 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 829 people, 363 households, and 218 families residing in the town. The population density is 415.7/km² (1,083.5/mi²). There are 403 housing units at an average density of 202.1/km² (526.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.31% White, 0.00% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0.60% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races. 1.09% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 363 households out of which 28.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% are married couples living together, 11.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.9% are non-families. 35.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.28 and the average family size is 3.00. In the town the population is spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $23,542, and the median income for a family is $32,019. Males have a median income of $27,109 versus $19,211 for females. The per capita income for the town is $11,194. 23.9% of the population and 13.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 29.9% are under the age of 18 and 26.1% are 65 or older.




Marengo, Iowa

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Marengo is a city located in Iowa County, Iowa in the USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,535. It is the county seat of Iowa County6.

Geography

Marengo is located at 41°47'50" North, 92°4'10" West (41.797227, -92.069550)1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.6 km² (2.2 mi²). 5.4 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.78% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 2,535 people, 1,057 households, and 658 families residing in the city. The population density is 468.3/km² (1,210.5/mi²). There are 1,135 housing units at an average density of 209.7/km² (542.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.11% White, 0.28% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. 1.14% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,057 households out of which 30.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% are married couples living together, 9.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% are non-families. 32.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.32 and the average family size is 2.98.

In the city the population is spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $36,509, and the median income for a family is $47,153. Males have a median income of $32,986 versus $21,401 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,425. 7.3% of the population and 6.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.5% are under the age of 18 and 11.9% are 65 or older.




Marengo, Ohio

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Marengo is a village located in Morrow County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 297.

Geography


Marengo is located at 40°24'5" North, 82°48'37" West (40.401341, -82.810382)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 297 people, 114 households, and 80 families residing in the village. The population density is 637.1/km² (1,668.8/mi²). There are 120 housing units at an average density of 257.4/km² (674.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 95.96% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 3.37% from two or more races. 0.67% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 114 households out of which 41.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% are married couples living together, 11.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% are non-families. 21.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.61 and the average family size is 3.05. In the village the population is spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.2 males. The median income for a household in the village is $35,625, and the median income for a family is $47,000. Males have a median income of $33,125 versus $21,528 for females. The per capita income for the village is $14,768. 9.2% of the population and 3.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.3% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.




Marengo, Wisconsin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Marengo is a town located in Ashland County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 362.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 187.3 km² (72.3 mi²). 184.7 km² (71.3 mi²) of it is land and 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.36% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 362 people, 132 households, and 99 families residing in the town. The population density is 2.0/km² (5.1/mi²). There are 191 housing units at an average density of 1.0/km² (2.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.96% White, 0.00% African American, 2.49% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.28% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.28% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 132 households out of which 40.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% are married couples living together, 8.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% are non-families. 21.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.74 and the average family size is 3.19. In the town the population is spread out with 32.0% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 103.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $33,036, and the median income for a family is $34,861. Males have a median income of $31,250 versus $17,188 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,487. 14.0% of the population and 10.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 14.8% are under the age of 18 and 16.7% are 65 or older.

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

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Modern Usage: Marengo

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Der Dieb von San Marengo (1963)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Marengo

DomainTitle

Books

  • Marengo (reference)

  • MARENGO & HOHENLINDEN; Two French Victories in 1800 Destroy the Second Coalition -- Napoleon Journal #18 (reference)

  • Marengo 1800 (reference)

  • Marengo 1800: Napoleon's Day of Fate (Campaign Series, 70) (reference)

  • Marengo and Hohenlinden : Napoleon's Rise to Power (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: Marengo

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Marengo

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Drugstore display. Marengo, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress.

Bandstand. Marengo, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress.

View from the square. Marengo, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress.

Snowstorm, Marengo, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress.

This Negro client of Dixon's Mill community, Marengo County, Alabama, had come to town for groceries and feed with his steer hitched to his homemade wagon. The cost of this wagon was effort only, it having wooden axles, wooden wheels and wooden pins.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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Use in Literature: Marengo

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The man of Marengo was wiping out Agincourt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Name Usage Frequency: Marengo

The following table summarizes the usage of "Marengo" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
MarengoLast name30026,308
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Marengo


1. Marengo, IA (city, FIPS 49395)
Location: 41.79722 N, 92.06937 W
Population (1990): 2270 (990 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 52301
Country: USA


2. Marengo, IL (city, FIPS 46786)
Location: 42.24791 N, 88.60032 W
Population (1990): 4768 (1920 housing units)
Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 60152
Country: USA


3. Marengo, IN (town, FIPS 46746)
Location: 38.37161 N, 86.34370 W
Population (1990): 856 (407 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 47140
Country: USA


4. Marengo, OH (village, FIPS 47558)
Location: 40.40128 N, 82.81014 W
Population (1990): 393 (138 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 43334
Country: USA


5. Marengo, WI
Zip Code(s): 54855
Country: USA

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Expressions: Marengo

Expressions using "Marengo": chicken Marengo Marengo County. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Marengo

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.
 
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per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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76

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6

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64

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6

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49

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5

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39

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5

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34

marengo veal

5

marengo ia

23

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4

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22

district marengo park

4

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22

disposal marengo

4

marengo ride swamp

21

marengo illinois real estate

4

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16

marengo high school

4

marengo county alabama

14

cave indiana marengo

3

marengo swamp

9

golf marengo ridge

3

bank first marengo national

8

hotel marengo

3

marengo ride suicide swamp

8

2003 marengo ride swamp

3

marengo iowa

8

di marengo museo napoleonico

3

marengo ohio

8

14 battle june marengo

2

chicken marengo

7

marengo ridge golf club

2

al marengo county

6

chicken marengo recipe

2

camp marengo

6

city of marengo

2

casino marengo

6

auto group marengo

2

marengo ridge golf course

2
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Modern Translations: Marengo

Language Translations for "Marengo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Thai

  

หมู่บ้านในอิตาลี. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Marengo

Misspellings

"Marengo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aarango, Amerigo, Armengol, Malenko, Marango, Marangoni, Marenco, Marengi, Marenka, Marong, Marongiu, Masegne, Matengo, Mayrnyo, Mibenge, Mirounga, Mocenigo, Moengo, Murango, Naranjo, Navrongo, Parenzo, Tarango. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Marengo

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-m-n-o-r"

-1 letter: enamor, engram, german, manger, moaner, monger, morgan, morgen, onager, orange, ragmen.

-2 letters: agone, among, anger, argon, enorm, gamer, genoa, genom, genro, gnome, goner, groan, mange, mango, manor, marge, morae, namer, omega, orang, organ, ramen, range, regma, regna, reman, roman.

-3 letters: aeon, aero, ager, agon, amen, earn, ergo, gaen, game, gane, gear, germ, gnar.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-m-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: dragomen, gammoner, mangrove, renogram, venogram.

 

+2 letters: angleworm, augmentor, boogerman, boomerang, comanager, enamoring, gammoners, geomancer, magnetron, mangroves, morganite, omnirange, renograms, venograms, warmonger.

 

+3 letters: agrimonies, agronomies, anemograph, angiosperm, angleworms, augmentors, boomerangs, camerlengo, carmagnole, cinemagoer, comanagers, dendrogram, dermatogen, embargoing, emigration, enamouring, ergotamine, forearming, gastronome, geomancers, gormandise, gormandize, gramineous, gramophone, hatemonger, lemongrass, magnetrons, mineralogy, moderating, monogramed, morganites, omniranges, overmanage, phanerogam, rosemaling, warmongers.

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Alternative Orthography: Marengo


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 72 65 6E 67 6F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01110010 01100101 01101110 01100111 01101111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#114 &#101 &#110 &#103 &#111

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0072 0065 006E 0067 006F

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47678471807381

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Names: Frequency
9. Cities
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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