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Mount Parnassus

Definition: Mount Parnassus

Mount Parnassus

Noun

1. A mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus".

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


Synonyms: Mount Parnassus

Synonyms: Liakoura (n), Parnassus (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Mount Parnassus

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Mount Parnassus (also Mount Parnassos) is a mountain in central Greece that towers above Delphi. According to Greek mythology, this mountain was sacred to Apollo and the home of the Muses.

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

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Crosswords: Mount Parnassus

English words defined with "Mount Parnassus": Delphi. (references)

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Anagrams: Mount Parnassus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-m-n-n-o-p-r-s-s-s-t-u-u"

-4 letters: paramounts.

-5 letters: assonants, mosasaurs, paramount, sportsman, surmounts.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Mount Parnassus


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

4D 6F 75 6E 74      50 61 72 6E 61 73 73 75 73

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

    

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

01001101 01101111 01110101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01010000 01100001 01110010 01101110 01100001 01110011 01110011 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#117 &#110 &#116 &#32 &#80 &#97 &#114 &#110 &#97 &#115 &#115 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0075 006E 0074      0050 0061 0072 006E 0061 0073 0073 0075 0073

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

47818780862506784806785858785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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