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Mohammedan

Definition: Mohammedan

Mohammedan

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded.

Noun

1. A believer or follower of Islam.

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

Date "Mohammedan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)


Synonyms: Mohammedan

Synonyms: Moslem (n), Muhammadan (n), Muhammedan (n), Muslim (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Mohammedan

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Heterodoxy

Mohammedan, Mussulman, Moslem, Shiah, Sunni, Wahabi, Osmanli.

Judaical, Mohammedan, Brahminical, Buddhist;Noun: Romish, Protestant;n.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Mohammedan

English words defined with "Mohammedan": Abdest, Alcoran, AlkoranBabism, BairamComboloioGiaourHakimIslamite, IslamiticKarmathian, KhutbahMahometan, Mahometist, Mahumetanism, Mohammedan calendar, Moonshee, Mussulman, Mussulmanic, MussulmanishPanislamismRayahSofta, Soorma. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Mohammedan": Abou Jahia, Aboulomri, AzraelCafHOURIKadris, Karmathians. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Mohammedan" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Swedish (Mohammedan, Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman).

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Commercial Usage: Mohammedan

DomainTitle

Books

  • History of India from the Sixth Century B.C. to the Mohammedan Conquest, Including the Invasion of Alexander the Great (reference)

  • History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain De Gayangos (reference)

  • Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great (History of India No. 3) (reference)

  • Medieval India; Under Mohammedan Rule (A.D. 712-1764) (reference)

  • Mohammedan Theories of Finance, With an Introduction to Mohammedan Law and a Bibliography (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Image Slideshow: Mohammedan

Illustrations:
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Non-Fiction Usage: Mohammedan

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HOURI, n. A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul. By that good lady the Houris are said to be held in deficient esteem.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mohammedan

"Mohammedan" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Mohammedan" is used about 9 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)88.89%8124,375
Noun (singular)11.11%1339,140
                    Total100.00%9N/A

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

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Expressions: Mohammedan

Expressions using "Mohammedan": Mohammedan calendar Mohammedan Era Mohammedan year. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translation: Mohammedan

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

Albanian

  

Muhameti, Muhamedan. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

Мохамедански, Мохамеданин. (various references)

   

Czech

  

Mohamedánský (moslem), Mohamedán (moslem). (various references)

   

Danish

  

muhamedaner (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

moslim (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman), mohammedaan (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman), islamiet (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

muzulmano (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman), mahometano (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman), islamano (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

muhamettilainen (Moslem, Muslim). (various references)

   

French

  

musulman (Moslem). (various references)

   

German

  

Mohammedaner (islam, mahometan, moslem, Muslim, Mussulman). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

όωαμεθανόσ, όωαμεθανικόσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Mohamedán (islam, islamic, islamite, islamitic, mahometan, moslem, muslim, mussulman). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Maomettano (moslem, muhammadan, muslim, mussulman). (various references)

   

Malay

  

orang Islam (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman). (various references)

   

Manx

  

Mahommadagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ohammedanmay

   

Portuguese

  

Maomé (mahometan). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

Mahomedan (moslem). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

Магометанский, Магометанин. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

muslimanski (islamite, moslem, muslim, mussulman), musliman (islamite, moslem, muslim, mussulman), muhamedanski, muhamedanac. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Mahometano (mahometan). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

Mwislamu (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Muhammedansk (mahometan), Muhammedan (muslim), mohammedan (Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ผู้ก่อตั้งศาสนาอิสลาม (Mohammed, Muhammad). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Müslüman (mahometan, Moslem, Muslim, mussulman). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

Мусульманський, Мусульманин. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Mohammedan

Misspellings

"Mohammedan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mahammama, Mahommedan, Mohammadan. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Mohammedan

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-m-m-m-n-o"

-3 letters: adenoma, headman, manmade.

-4 letters: anadem, daemon, hammed, madame, madman, madmen, maenad, mammae, mammon, moaned.

-5 letters: aahed, adman, admen, ahead, amend, anode, daman, demon, homed, honda, honed, madam, mahoe, mamma, maned, menad, modem, momma, monad, monde, named, nomad.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Mohammedan


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

4D 6F 68 61 6D 6D 65 64 61 6E

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 01101111 01101000 01100001 01101101 01101101 01100101 01100100 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#104 &#97 &#109 &#109 &#101 &#100 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0068 0061 006D 006D 0065 0064 0061 006E

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

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

47817467797971706780

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Mohammedan"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanisht, danishte, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieholandez, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський

Esperanto

vortaro, difino, tradukoесперанто, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, eszperanto, eszperantó, эсперанто, esperanto, Kiesperanto, าษาที่ประ"ิษฐ์ขึ้นเพื่อใช้เป็น าษากลางในการสื่อสารระหว่างประเทศ ซึ่งรากศัพท์ส่วนใหญ่, esperanto dili

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, mjeremani, mdachi, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneиталиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Malay

malajas, малайски език, малайски, malais, malaiin, malaie, Malaye, malaiisch, maláj, malese, Yn Valay, malaio, malaxar, malaiez, малайский, малаец, malajac, malajski jezik, malajski, malayo, malajisk, malaya dili, malaya, malayalı, малайський, мала"ць, малайська мова, малайка

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, Mreno, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swahili

Swahili-, Swahili, szuahéli, szuahéli nyelv, suaíli, suajili, kiswahili, ชาวแอฟริกาตะวันออก, суахілі

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningsuedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський

Thai

พจนานุกรมthailænder, Thais, Thai, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщенняukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, ukraino, ukraina, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglan, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Inggris, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, kiingereza, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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