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Definition: Reno |
RenoNoun1. 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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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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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) | |
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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. |
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| Slot machine; gambling; Reno; Las Vegas; Nevada; Monte-Carlo; casino; gamble; slots. | |
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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) |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Richard Anderson of Reno, Nevada lost his job and, with it, his health insurance. |
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 51 | 47,619 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Reno | Last name | 3,000 | 3,892 |
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| Italy | Reno de Medici SPA |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Reno, NV (city, FIPS 60600) 2. Reno, OH 3. Reno, TX (city, FIPS 61592) 4. Reno, TX (city, FIPS 61604) |
Expressions using "Reno": El Reno ♦ Reno County. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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 |
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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) | |
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"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). | |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 6E 6F |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -. --- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101110 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e n o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 006E 006F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52718081 |
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