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"PAMELA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "all the sweetness", "all", "the honey". |
Date "PAMELA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Pamela The title of the finest of Richardson's novels, which once enjoyed a popularity almost equal to that of the romances of Sir Walter Scott. Pamela. Lady Edward Fitzgerald (died 1831). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The novel is written in the form of letters and a diary, and is subtitled, Virtue Rewarded.
Warning: wikipedia contains spoilers
The heroine, Pamela Andrews, is a maid, whose master makes unwanted advances towards her. She rejects him until he shows his sincerity by proposing to her. The remainder of the book is concerned with her efforts to become accepted in upper-class society and builds a successful relationship with her husband. The story was widely mocked at the time, but the book was a best-seller.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pamela."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PAMELA | English | Pricing And Monitoring Electronically of Automobiles | N/A |
PAMELA | German | Phosphatglas-Verfestigung mit anschliessender Metalleinbettung zur Endlagerung | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: PAMELA |
| Specialty definitions using "PAMELA": Joseph Andrews. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "PAMELA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (Pamela), Spanish (picture hat). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Pamela Martha Focker! (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) Let's see proof that aliens exist ah where Hoffa's buried Hmm. Another Pamela Lee video where the rest of Hoffa's buried (Now and Again; writing credit: Michael Angeli) | |
Lyrics | And I guess I owe it all to Pamela Brown (Pamela Brown; performing artist: Tom T. Hall) I guess I owe it all to Pamela Brown (Pamela Brown; performing artist: Tom T. Hall) I'm the guy who didn't marry pretty Pamela Brown (Pamela Brown; performing artist: Tom T. Hall) Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee I love youYou're from around the way (Around the Way Girl; performing artist: L.L. Cool J) I like Angela, Pamela, Sandra and Rita (Mambo No. 5 (a little bit of ...); performing artist: Lou Bega) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Ultimate Pamela Anderson (2003) Mistress Pamela (1974) The Pamela Mason Show (1965) Pamela Congreve (1914) Edenquest: Pamela Anderson (1995) | |
Song Titles | Pamela Brown (performing artist: Tom T. Hall) Pamela Brown (performing artist: Leo Kottke) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pamela in town. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | America's pastime / Story: Brian Azzarello ; art: Eduardo Risso ; letters: Clem Robins ; color: Pamela Rambo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This rigmarole of Rue Blomet, of Pamela, of barracks, of a lancer, had passed before Marius like a phantasmagoria. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Moldova | The United States recognized the independence of Moldova on December 25, 1991 and opened an embassy in its capital, Chisinau, in March 1992. U.S. ambassador to Moldova Pamela Hyde Smith is scheduled to arrive at post in November 2001. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Men are just happy when watching Pamela Anderson's VIP doesn't conflict with Battlebots. |
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| "PAMELA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 96.49% of the time. "PAMELA" is used about 399 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) | 96.49% | 385 | 14,324 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.51% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 399 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "PAMELA" 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 |
| Pamela | First name Female | 416,000 | 37 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "PAMELA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "all the sweetness", "all", "the honey". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "PAMELA." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Pam | Female | English | Pamela |
| Pamela | Female | English | N/A |
| Pamelia | Female | English | Pamela |
| Pamella | Female | English | Pamela |
| Pamila | Female | English | Pamela |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "PAMELA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Pamela. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | amelapay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"PAMELA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amelavi, Gamala, Pafmeca, pakeha, Pamala, pamel, Pamell, pamella, Pammelia, pamola, Panayia, panela, Panella, Panelma, Panerai, Panezai, Pareja, Parmalat, Parmelia, Pazelli, Pembela, Pemyll, Phacelia, Piela, Poncela, Pramila, pumila, pyaemia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-m-p" | |
-1 letter: ample, maple, palea. | |
-2 letters: alae, alma, alme, lama, lame, lamp, leap, male, meal, pale, palm, peal, plea. | |
-3 letters: aal, ala, ale, alp, ama, amp, ape, elm, lam, lap, lea, mae, map, mel, pal, pam, pea. | |
-4 letters: aa, ae, al, am, el, em, la, ma, me, pa, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-m-p" | |
+1 letter: palmate. | |
+2 letters: ampullae, headlamp, lampases, malapert, mappable, mayapple, napalmed, palmated, placeman, playmate. | |
+3 letters: atemporal, campanile, eclampsia, headlamps, malaperts, mayapples, melphalan, nameplate, palmately, palmitate, plasmagel, playmaker, playmates, verapamil. | |
+4 letters: alphameric, camelopard, campaniles, campestral, comparable, eclampsias, elecampane, impalpable, impassable, implacable, maladapted, malapertly, manipulate, melphalans, menopausal, metacarpal, metaplasia, nameplates, palmitates, parliament, plasmagels, plasmagene, platemaker, playmakers, premarital, premaxilla, spermatial, verapamils. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Abbreviations 16. Acronyms | 17. Derivations 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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