Sullivan

Definition: Sullivan

Sullivan

Noun

1. United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase `form follows function' (1856-1924).

2. United States psychiatrist (1892-1949).

3. United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974).

4. United States educator who was the teacher and lifelong companion of Helen Keller (1866-1936).

5. English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900).

Date "Sullivan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Sullivan

Synonyms: Anne Mansfield Sullivan (n), Anne Sullivan (n), Arthur Seymour Sullivan (n), Arthur Sullivan (n), Ed Sullivan (n), Edward Vincent Sullivan (n), Harry Stack Sullivan (n), Louis Henri Sullivan (n), Louis Henry Sullivan (n), Louis Sullivan (n), Sir Arthur Sullivan (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Sullivan

English words defined with "Sullivan": D'Oyly Carte ♦ gilbert, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gilbertian ♦ Helen Adams Keller, Helen Keller ♦ Keller ♦ perform ♦ Richard D'Oyly Carte ♦ Savoyard, Sir William Gilbert ♦ William Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Sullivan": Clan-na-Gael. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan once wrote, 'Things are seldom what they seem: Skim milk masquerades as cream'. (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) Haven't you heard of the Sullivan Act? (The Thin Man; writing credit: Dashiell Hammett; Albert Hackett) Damnit Sullivan, I don't believe it, we just knocked out a cougar with a K-Mart blow gun! (The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys; writing credit: Jeff Stockwell) 'Stinky Sullivan is a hunk' Who wrote this? (Growing Pains; writing credit: Kevin Abbott; Jay Abramowitz) The name's Sullivan. You want me to spell it? (Road to Perdition; writing credit: Max Allan Collins; Richard Piers Rayner)
Lyrics	To end on a happy note, one can always count on Gilbert and Sullivan for a rousing finale, full of words and music and signifying nothing. (Clementine; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Movie/TV Titles	The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999) Ed Sullivan All-Star Comedy Special (1995) The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1991)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street (Hello Math Reader, Level 4) (reference) Sullivan County's Borscht Belt (Images of America) (reference) On a Par With Murder (Morris and Sullivan Series) (reference) A Law Unto Itself: The Untold Story of the Law Firm of Sullivan and Cromwell (reference) Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Sullivan County Historical Society Newsletter (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado / Donkin, Saks, Stratford Festival (reference) City Dump/Ed Sullivan (reference) Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe (Stratford Festival, Canada) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Gilbert & Sullivan; The Pirates of Penzance / Mackerras, Welsh National Opera (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Sullivan and Ride Show Sleep Restraints. Credit: NASA.		Sullivan Views the Earth. Credit: NASA.
	A sunset frames the Sullivan Island Bridge near Charleston. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Interior, rotunda, general view from east. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1976. (Reproduction Number: HABS IOWA,97-SIOCI,3-17) Completed in 1918 to designs by Purcell & Elmslie, the Woodbury County Courthouse is a rare example of a Prairie style design for a large public building. The Prairie style is known for its bold and simple geometric forms and distinctive ornamentation inspired by nature, and was made famous by Louis Sullivan and his student Frank Lloyd Wright, key figures in the Prairie school who developed systems of abstracting architectural decoration from sources in nature. The term Prairie style refers to the style's origins in the American Midwest, and its evocation of that region's fertile prairies and flat terrain. The interior rotunda shown here is the focal point of the courthouse. It incorporates simple rectangles and squares with a stained glass dome and uses terra cotta ornament reminiscent of the prairie. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Harry Stack Sullivan. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Seated in the well deck of USS Houston (CA-30), with a shark he caught in Sullivan Bay, Galapagos Islands, July 1938. A sailfish is being hoisted up in the left distance. Credit: NAVY.
	On board USS Juneau (CL-52) at the time of her commissioning ceremonies at the New York Navy Yard, 14 February 1942. All were lost with the ship following the 13 November 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. The brothers are (from left to right): Joseph, Francis, Albert, Madison and George Sullivan. Credit: NAVY.		Billy Sullivan. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Dan Sullivan. Credit: Library of Congress.		Woodrow Wilson teaching Taggart, Talbott, Sullivan, McGraw, and Mack. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Cetron MS, Chitsulo L, Sullivan JJ, et al. Schistosomiasis in Lake Malawi. (references)
Business		According to a recent study by the international marketing consulting company Frost & Sullivan, the commercialization of technology in more efficient and reliable integral horsepower motors is transforming the AC market, and demand for such motors is increasing. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Bush	1989-1993	Sullivan, Lou Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, to lead a Domestic Policy Council review of recommendations on the quality, accessibility and cost of our nation's health care system.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Sullivan" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.77% of the time. "Sullivan" is used about 439 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)	99.77%	438	13,172
Noun (common)	0.23%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	439	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Sullivan" 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
Sullivan	Last name	81,000	105
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Sullivan, IL (city, FIPS 73495)
Location: 39.59745 N, 88.60709 W
Population (1990): 4354 (1884 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 61951
Country: USA

2. Sullivan, IN (city, FIPS 74006)
Location: 39.09686 N, 87.40775 W
Population (1990): 4663 (2255 housing units)
Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 47882
Country: USA

3. Sullivan, MO (city, FIPS 71440)
Location: 38.21104 N, 91.16324 W
Population (1990): 5661 (2415 housing units)
Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 63080
Country: USA

4. Sullivan, OH
Zip Code(s): 44880
Country: USA

5. Sullivan, WI (village, FIPS 78175)
Location: 43.01255 N, 88.58954 W
Population (1990): 432 (177 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 53178
Country: USA

6. Sullivan, WV
Zip Code(s): 25847
Country: USA

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Expressions: Sullivan

Expressions using "Sullivan": Anne Mansfield Sullivan ♦ Anne Sullivan ♦ Arthur Seymour Sullivan ♦ Arthur Sullivan ♦ East Sullivan ♦ Ed Sullivan ♦ Edward Vincent Sullivan ♦ Gilbert and Sullivan ♦ Harry Stack Sullivan ♦ Louis Henri Sullivan ♦ Louis Henry Sullivan ♦ Louis Sullivan ♦ Sir Arthur Sullivan ♦ Sullivan City ♦ Sullivan County. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Sullivan": Sullivan-rupert.
	Ending with "Sullivan": Gilbert-and-sullivan, Ragland-sullivan.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sullivan

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
sullivan	351	sullivan college	58
o sullivan furniture	321	real estate sullivan county	57
andrew sullivan	296	sullivan schein	57
o sullivan	236	gilbert sullivan princess	56
gilbert and sullivan	157	sullivan county ny	56
ed sullivan	142	louis sullivan	55
sullivan university	140	maureen o sullivan	55
sullivan missouri	129	anne sullivan	54
sullivan cromwell	123	center learning sullivan	54
frost sullivan	111	erik per sullivan	51
sullivan county	97	sullivan county community college	50
tom sullivan	94	susan sullivan	50
sullivan illinois	86	sullivan county democrat	49
o sullivan gilbert	81	sullivan county new york	48
sullivan tire	79	sullivan wisconsin	47
ed sullivan show	79	o patrick sullivan	45
nicole sullivan	77	ed sullivan theater	44
john l sullivan	77	john sullivan	43
sullivan indiana	62	sullivan furniture	38
sullivan michael	58	brother sullivan	37
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Sullivan

Misspellings
	"Sullivan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hulluva, Quillinan, Silliman, Souleiman, Ullaval. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Sullivan

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-l-l-n-s-u-v"
	-2 letters: anvils, silvan, villas, villus, vinals, visual.
	-3 letters: anils, anvil, lunas, nails, nills, nival, nulls, savin, silva, slain, snail, ulans, ulnas, ulvas, unais, vails, vials, villa, vills, vinal, vinas.
	-4 letters: ails, ains, alls, anil, anis, anus, ills, lain, lavs, lins, luna, luvs, nail, nill, nils, null, sail, sain, sall, saul, sial, sill, ulan, ulna.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-l-l-n-s-u-v"
	+1 letter: alluvions.
	+2 letters: villainous.
	+3 letters: surveillant, universally.
	+4 letters: allusiveness, illuviations, multivalents, surveillance, surveillants, villainously.
	+5 letters: multivalences, surveillances, vaudevillians, vulcanologies, vulcanologist.
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