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Reno

Definition: Reno

Reno

Noun

1. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage.

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

Date "Reno" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Crosswords: Reno

Specialty definitions using "Reno": BEARD. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Reno" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Esperanto (kidney), Italian (Rhine), Portuguese (Rhine), Spanish (reindeer).

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Specialty Definition: Reno

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Reno is the name of several places in the United States of America:

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

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Modern Usage: Reno

DomainUsage

Screenplays

So unless we intend to do this job in Reno, we're in Barney. (Ocean's Eleven; writing credit: George Clayton Johnson; Jack Golden Russell)

Like dice, on a Reno craps table. (In Harm's Way; writing credit: James Bassett; Wendell Mayes)

Did you see the film we made at the San Reno jail breakout demonstrating the rising up of the seminal prisoner class infrastructure? (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky)

Welcome aboard Reno. (The Best of Times; writing credit: Ron Shelton)

Movie/TV Titles

Johnny Reno (1966)

Affair in Reno (1957)

Reunion in Reno (1951)

Rolling Down to Reno (1947)

Vacation in Reno (1946)

Song Titles

Almost Paradise (performing artist: Mike Reno & Ann Wilson)

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

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Commercial Usage: Reno

DomainTitle

References

  • Reno de Medici SPA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Fort Reno and the Indian Territory Frontier (reference)

  • Las Vegas and Reno Area Fun Guide (reference)

  • Nelles Guide California, Las Vegas, Reno, Baja (Nelles Guides) (reference)

  • RENO DE MEDICI SPA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

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

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Image Slideshow: Reno

Photos:
Reno

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Photo Album: Reno

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Senior Airman Erik Eigenmen, an Air National Guardsman with the 152nd Aerial Port Flight, Reno, Nev., directs equipment movement during the 14th Air Expeditionary Wing IGX5A, Nov. 1, at the Mississippi National Guard's Gulfport Combat Readiness Training C.

SCAN Station located at the Fort Reno Agricultural Research Station. Oklahoma.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Drill seeding burned area from August 1999 Reservoir Fire, near Reno, Nevada.Credit: JoLynn Worley.

Cowboys herding cattle on trail drive for Reno Rodeo, Northern Nevada.Credit: Unknown.

U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital, Reno, Nev. : Aerial view.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

With twelve destroyers tied up alongside, during the early 1920s. The ships present include (from left to right): USS Jacob Jones (DD-130); USS Hull (DD-330); USS Thompson (DD-305); USS Corry (DD-334); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Cuyama (AO-3; USS Stoddert (DD-302); USS Yarborough (DD-314); USS Sloat (DD-316); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Shubrick (DD-268); USS Young (DD-312);.Credit: NAVY.

Moored off San Diego, California. Probably photographed by the Pier Studio, San Diego, on 16 April 1921. These ships are (from left to right): USS Stoddert (DD-302); USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS Thompson (DD-305) and USS Farquhar (DD-304).Credit: NAVY.

Billy Jordan introducing Jeffries at the famous championship battle at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910.Credit: Library of Congress.

Winter view of pollution, Reno from the hills above West 7th Street, looking east, 1990: a triptych.Credit: Library of Congress.

Waiting with mail for train to Reno. Carson City, Nevada.Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Sounds Captioned with "Reno".

PlayCaption
Slot machine; gambling; Reno; Las Vegas; Nevada; Monte-Carlo; casino; gamble; slots.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Reno

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

A new cancer center opened its doors over a year ago, the Instituto Oncologico Henry Moore (Oncomed RENO). (references)

Flooring manufacturers sell directly to big-box retailers such as Reno Depot, Home Depot, Ro-na L'entrepot, and Revy Home & Garden. (references)

Political Economy

Trinidad

This relationship has been further strengthened since 1995 with visits by Secretaries of State Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright and Attorney General Janet Reno, and the signing of an Extradition Treaty, a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, a Maritime Counter-narcotics Agreement, statements on cooperation in the areas of energy and the environment, a Memorandum of Understanding on Criminal Deportees, and a Joint Statement on Law Enforcement Cooperation. (references)

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

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Speeches: Reno

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Richard Anderson of Reno, Nevada lost his job and, with it, his health insurance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Reno

"Reno" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reno" is used about 51 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)100%5147,619

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Reno

The following table summarizes the usage of "Reno" 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
RenoLast name3,0003,892
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Reno

CountryName
Italy

Reno de Medici SPA

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Reno


1. Reno, NV (city, FIPS 60600)
Location: 39.53870 N, 119.82250 W
Population (1990): 133850 (61384 housing units)
Area: 148.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 89501, 89502, 89503, 89506, 89509, 89510, 89511, 89512, 89523
Country: USA


2. Reno, OH
Zip Code(s): 45773
Country: USA


3. Reno, TX (city, FIPS 61592)
Location: 33.66679 N, 95.48017 W
Population (1990): 1784 (663 housing units)
Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA


4. Reno, TX (city, FIPS 61604)
Location: 32.94087 N, 97.58304 W
Population (1990): 2322 (915 housing units)
Area: 33.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Reno

Expressions using "Reno": El Reno Reno County. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Reno

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  reno nevada

6,543

  reno nevada real estate

162

  reno

3,020

  el dorado reno

155

  reno hotel

1,294

  sky diving reno

148

  reno hilton

617

  atlantis reno

148

  circus circus reno

458

  reno newspaper

142

  depot reno

454

  peppermill reno

140

  reno casino

432

  reno airport

136

  university of nevada reno

408

  reno show

126

  reno gazette journal

350

  reno weather

110

  reno rodeo

335

  janet reno

108

  reno nevada hotel

275

  reno escort

102

  gazette reno

254

  reno airline

101

  harrahs reno

225

  nugget reno

100

  silver legacy reno

217

  el reno oklahoma

94

  reno air race

214

  reno job

93

  reno real estate

198

  brothel reno

91

  reno entertainment

190

  golf reno

90

  city of reno

180

  reno hotel and casino

86

  jean reno

167

  el dorado hotel reno

85

  reno air

167

  reno hotel discount

82
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Reno

Derivations

Words beginning with "Reno": renogram, renograms, renographic, renographies, renography, renominate, renominated, renominates, renominating, renomination, renominations, renormalization, renormalizations, renormalize, renormalized, renormalizes, renormalizing, renotified, renotifies, renotify, renotifying, renounce, renounced, renouncement, renouncements, renouncer, renouncers, renounces, renouncing, renovascular, renovate, renovated, renovates, renovating, renovation, renovations, renovative, renovator, renovators, renown, renowned, renowning, renowns. (additional references)

Words containing "Reno": adrenochrome, adrenochromes, adrenocortical, adrenocorticosteroid, adrenocorticosteroids, adrenocorticotrophic, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotrophins, adrenocorticotropic, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotropins, arenose, arenous, erenow, forenoon, forenoons, gangrenous, isoprenoid, isoproterenol, isoproterenols, phrenological, phrenologies, phrenologist, phrenologists, phrenology, prenomen, prenomens, prenomina, prenominate, prenominated, prenominates, prenominating, prenomination, prenominations, prenoon, prenotification, prenotifications, prenotified, prenotifies, prenotify, prenotifying, prenotion, prenotions, pyrenoid, pyrenoids, threnode, threnodes, threnodic, threnodies, threnodist, threnodists. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Reno" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Enno, Erdnow, Erno, Greno, Jeno, Qenmo, Rannou, Ranu, Rauno, Ravno, Razno, Reena, reneo, Renkou, Renory, renot, renox, Reny, reon, Reto, Reyno, Rheni, Riano, Rinnu, rino, Rnoc, Ronco, Rongo, rono, Rovno, Ryno, Treno. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Reno

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-n-o-r"

-1 letter: eon, ern, nor, one, ore, roe.

-2 letters: en, er, ne, no, oe, on, or, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: boner, borne, crone, drone, enorm, enrol, genro, goner, heron, honer, irone, krone, loner, nerol, noter, onery, owner, prone, recon, redon, rewon, rouen, roven, rowen, senor, snore, tenor, toner, trone, zoner.

 

+2 letters: arseno, atoner, bonder, boners, bonier, bonzer, borane, boreen, bourne, broken, bronze, censor, cloner, coiner, confer, conger, conker, conner, cornea, corned, cornel, corner, cornet, crepon, crones, dehorn, dinero, downer, droned, droner, drones, enamor, encore, enduro, enrobe, enroll, enrols, enroot, erenow, eringo, eryngo, fonder, frozen, genros, goners, gorhen, govern, groyne, hereon, heroin, herons, honers, honker, horned, hornet, ignore, ironed, ironer, irones, joiner, knower, kronen, kroner, loaner, loners, longer, mentor, merino, merlon, moaner, modern, monger, moreen, morgen, neroli, nerols, nestor, neuron, nobler, nodder, nooser, norite, normed, nosher, nosier, noters, nother, onager, opener, operon, orange, orcein, orgone, orient, ornate, ornery, orpine, owners, pereon, perron, person, ponder, proven, pyrone, reason, reborn, reckon, recoin, recons, redone, redons, region, rejoin, reloan, renown, renvoi, reopen, resown, retorn, rezone, rodent, rodmen, rondel, ronnel, rotten, rouens, rowens, senhor, senior, senora, senors, sensor, sermon, snored, snorer, snores, sonder, sooner, sorned, sorner, stoner, tenors, tenour, tensor, throne, toners, tonger, tonier, tonner, torten, trones, undoer, unrobe, unrove, vendor, wonder, wonner, worsen, yonder, yonker, zoners.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Reno


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

52 65 6E 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)

.-.    .    -.    ---

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

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

01010010 01100101 01101110 01101111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#110 &#111

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 006E 006F

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

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

52718081

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Sounds
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Names: Company Usage
13. Cities
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Derivations
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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