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TX

Definition: TX

TX

Noun

1. The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.

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

"TX" is a common misspelling or typo for: tax, tm, to, tux.

 

Specialty Definition: TX

DomainDefinition

Post & Telecom

For the purpose of TBR3:interface signal transmitter of IUT or simulator. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Specialty Definition: List of people by name: Tw-Tx

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ta-Td Tc-Td - Te - Tf-Th - Ti - Tj - Tk-Tn - To - Tp-Tr - Ts-Tt - Tu - Tv - 'Tw-Tx - Ty - Tz

Tw

Tx

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of people by name: Tw-Tx."

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Texas

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Alternate meanings: See Texas (disambiguation)

Texas
State nickname: Lone Star State

Other U.S. States
Capital Austin
Largest City Houston
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water
 - % water
Ranked 2nd
696,241 km²
678,907 km²
17,333 km²
2.5%
Population
 - Total (2000)
 - Density
Ranked 2nd
20,851,820
30/km²
Admittance into Union
 - Order
 - Date

28th
December 29, 1845
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Mountain: UTC-7/-6
All but some of west TX is in Central
Latitude
Longitude
25°50'N to 36°30'N
93°31'W to 106°38'W
Width
Length
Elevation
  -Highest
  -Mean
  -Lowest
1,065 km
1,270 km
 
2,667 meters
520 meters
0 meters
ISO 3166-2:US-TX

Texas (in modern Spanish spelling it would be Tejas) is a state of the United States of America.

The state name derives from a Caddo word meaning friends or allies, and was mistakenly applied to the people and their location by Spanish explorers.

The state flower is the bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis); the state motto is "Friendship." The state nickname is The Lone Star State, after the single star on the state flag. The state tree is the pecan and the state bird is the mockingbird. The state dish is chili con carne. The state insect is the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).

The pledge to the Texas Flag is: - I pledge alliegance to thee - Texas, one, and indivisible

Texas (area 690,000 km2) is the second largest state in size after Alaska and has historically been portrayed as larger than life, especially in cowboy films and oil wells.

Location

Texas is bordered to the west by New Mexico, to the north by Oklahoma (across the Red River), and to the east by Louisiana (across the Sabine River) and Arkansas. To the south west Texas borders Mexico (across the Rio Grande), the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas. To the south east Texas has a shore of the Gulf of Mexico.

Texas is located in the south center of the United States. Depending on who you talk to (and which part of Texas they are from), Texas is part of the US South or the US Southwest. Texas shares some cultural elements with both regions, with more similarities to the South, especially Louisiana, in the east of the state, and more similarities to the Southwest, especially New Mexico, in the west.

History

Among Native American inhabitants of present Texas were Apache, Atakapa, Bidai, Caddo, Comanche, Karankawa, Kiowa, Tonkawa, and Wichita.

On November 6, 1528 shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca became the first known European to set foot on Texas.

Texas can claim 'Six Flags' have flown over its soil (including the 'Fleur de Lis' of France).

Texas was part of the Spanish colony of New Spain; see Spanish Texas for details.

After Mexican independence in 1821 Texas was a part of Mexico. See Mexican Texas.

Also see Texas Revolution.

The Republic of Texas (1836-1845)

Texas was the first sovereign nation (other than aboriginal nations) to be annexed by the United States. (The other was the Kingdom of Hawaii.) The area now known as Texas was called The Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1845.

Important dates:

Law and Government

Its capital is Austin, also known as the "Live Music Capital of the World." The Capitol is loosely modeled after the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, except that it is built of pink granite and its dome is topped by a statue of the "Goddess of Liberty", holding aloft a five-point Texas star. The capitol building is taller than the national capitol, but less massive.

See: List of Texas Governors

Geography

Texas has five major topographic regions: 1) The Coastal Plain, from the Gulf of Mexico inland to about San Antonio and just southeast of Austin. 2) The Balcones, a hilly rocky area in east central Texas. 3) The Great Plains region extends into northern Texas, including the Llano Estacado and the Panhandle high plains. 4) The North Central Plains. 5) The Trans Pecos Desert.

Texas is divided into 254 counties; See: List of Texas counties

Economy

Texas was lagely rural before World War II with cattle ranching, oil, and agriculture as its main industries. In 1926 San Antonio was the largest city in Texas with over 120,000 people.

After World War II, Texas has become increasingly industralized. Its economy (circa 2000) is largely based on information technology, oil and natural gas, energy exploration and energy trading, agriculture, and manufacturing. The two major economic centers are the Houston Metropolitan Area, centered in Houston, and Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, centered on those two respective cities. Houston is the center of the petrochemical and NASA trades while Dallas is the center of the agricultural and information technology labor market in Texas. Other Major cities include Brownsville, Lubbock, McAllen, Tyler, Odessa and Midland. Other important cities include El Paso, Eagle Pass, and Laredo; these are very important because of their location at the borderline with Mexico, making them important trade points.

The state passed New York in the 1990s to become the second largest state in population after California largely due to the availability of jobs, low cost of living, high living standard, lack of a state income tax, low taxation of business, limited government (the state legislature of Texas meets only once every two years), warm weather, and friendly people.

Demographics

As of 2000, the population of the state is 20,851,820.

Texas has a large number of Spanish speaking people some of whom have recently immigrated from Mexico, Central America, and South America but includes others, known as Tejanos, whose ancestors have lived in Texas since before independence from Mexico. Unlike other United States states which border Mexico, the culture of Texas gradually merges into that of Mexico producing a vibrant border region.

Texas has been largely fortunate in avoiding the racial and ethnic problems found in many southern states and large cities of the northeast. Much of this is because Texas's immigrant population and cultural connections with Mexico are considered to have a highly positive influence on the area's economy.

But Texas' diversity comes from more than its Hispanic residents. Frontier Texas was also settled by Germans (particularly in Fredericksburg and New Braunfels), Poles, Swedes, Norwegians, Czechs, and French, and their influence can still be noted in the names of towns, styles of architecture, genres of music, and variety of foods.

Nowadays, especially in Houston and Dallas, the Asian population in Texas is growing. People from mainland China, India, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Pakistan, and other countries are settling into Texas.

Important Cities and Towns

Main Article: List of cities in Texas

Education

Colleges and Universities

  • Abilene Christian University
  • Amberton University
  • Angelo State University
  • Arlington Baptist College
  • Art Institute of Dallas
  • Austin College
  • Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Baylor University
  • College of Saint Thomas More
  • Concordia University, Austin
  • Criswell College
  • Dallas Baptist University
  • Dallas Christian College
  • Dallas Theological Seminary
  • DeVry University, Dallas
  • DeVry University, Houston
  • East Texas Baptist University
  • Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest
  • Hardin-Simmons University
  • Houston Baptist University
  • Howard Payne University
  • Huston-Tillotson College
  • Institute for Christian Studies
  • ICI University
  • Jarvis Christian College
  • Lamar University
  • LeTourneau University
  • Lee College
  • Lubbock Christian University
  • McMurry University
  • Midwestern State University
  • Northwood University
  • Our Lady of the Lake University
  • Paul Quinn College
  • Rice University
  • St. Edward's University
  • Saint Mary's University of San Antonio
  • Sam Houston State University
  • Schreiner College
  • Southern Methodist University
  • South Texas College of Law
  • Southwestern Adventist University
  • Southwestern Assemblies of God University
  • Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • Southwestern Christian College
  • Southwestern University
  • Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Sul Ross State University
  • Texas A&M University System
    • Baylor College of Dentistry
    • Texas A&M University, College Station
    • Texas A&M University, Commerce
    • Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
    • Texas A&M University, Galveston
    • Texas A&M University Health Science Center
    • Texas A&M University - Kingsville
    • Prairie View A&M University
    • Tarleton State University
    • Texas A&M University-Texarkana
    • Texas A&M International University
    • West Texas A&M University
  • Texas Christian University
  • Texas College
  • Texas Lutheran University
  • Texas Southern University
  • Texas State Technical College System
    • Texas State Technical College- Harlingen
    • Texas State Technical College- Marshall
    • Texas State Technical College- Waco
    • Texas State Technical College- Sweetwater
  • Texas State University-San Marcos
  • Texas Tech University
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  • Texas Wesleyan University
  • Texas Woman's University
  • Trinity University
  • University of Central Texas
  • University of Dallas
  • University of Houston System
    • University of Houston
    • University of Houston Clear Lake
    • University of Houston-Downtown
    • University of Houston Victoria
  • University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
  • University of North Texas
  • University of North Texas Health Science Center
  • University of Saint Thomas
  • University of Texas System
    • University of Texas at Arlington
    • University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas at Brownsville
    • University of Texas at Dallas
    • University of Texas at El Paso
    • University of Texas-Pan American
    • University of Texas of the Permian Basin
    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • University of Texas at Tyler
    • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    • University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
    • University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
    • University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
    • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
  • University of the Incarnate Word
  • Wayland Baptist University
  • Wiley College

Professional Sports Teams

  • National Football League
    • Dallas Cowboys
    • Houston Texans
  • Arena Football League
    • Austin Wranglers
    • Dallas Desperados
  • Women's Professional Football League, Women's American football
    • Dallas Diamonds
    • Houston Energy
  • Dallas Revolution, Independent Women's Football League
  • National Basketball Association
    • Dallas Mavericks
    • Houston Rockets
    • San Antonio Spurs
  • Women's National Basketball Association
    • Houston Comets
    • San Antonio Silver Stars
  • National Hockey League
    • Dallas Stars
  • American Hockey League
    • Houston Aeros
    • San Antonio Rampage
  • Central Hockey League
    • Austin Ice Bats
  • Major League Baseball
    • Texas Rangers
    • Houston Astros
  • Texas League, Minor League Baseball
    • El Paso Diablos
    • Frisco RoughRiders
    • Round Rock Express
    • San Antonio Missions
    • Midland RockHounds
  • Central Baseball League, Minor League Baseball
    • Amarillo Dillas
    • Edinburg Roadrunners
    • Fort Worth Cats
    • Rio Grande Valley White Wings
    • San Angelo Colts
  • Major League Soccer
    • Dallas Burn

The Houston Oilers were based in Texas, but moved to Memphis and later, Nashville, Tennessee, and became the Tennessee Titans. Houston also formerly had the Arena Football League team Houston Thunderbears, and the Major League Soccer team Houston Hotshots.

Miscellaneous Information

A number of ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Texas in honor of this state.

Famous for their role in the history of Texas law enforcement, the Texas Rangers continue today to provide special law enforcment services to the state.

Further Reading

External links

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

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TX

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

TX can be either:

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: TX

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

TX

DanishTransmitterePost & Telecom

TX

DutchVerzendingPost & Telecom

TX

EnglishTraidcraft ExchangeN/A

TX

FrenchTransmissionPost & Telecom

TX

Italian"transmit"Post & Telecom

TX

PortugueseEmissãoPost & Telecom

TX

SpanishTransmisiónPost & Telecom

TX

SwedishSändningN/A
TX,TPEnglishTeleprinter exchangeN/A

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

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Synonyms: TX

Synonyms: Lone-Star State (n), Texas (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: TX

Specialty definitions using "TX": Geographic ComponentLeFunRegional OfficesTower Technology Corporation, transmission coefficient. (references)
Non-English Usage: "TX" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (transmit).

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Modern Usage: TX

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

TX (1985)

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

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Commercial Usage: TX

DomainTitle

Books

  • Arlington Treasured Recipes: Nsdar Lucretia Council Cochran Chapter Arlington, Tx (reference)

  • Rand McNally San Antonio/Bexar & Comal Counties, TX (reference)

  • Std TX Prof Estheticians-Exam Review 7e (reference)

  • Spe Petroleum Computer Conference, June 25-28, 1989 San Antonio Tx (Cat No 31395) (reference)

  • Val Verde County, TX (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Indigenous: Live at la Zona Rosa Austin, TX 99 (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

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

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Image Slideshow: TX

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: TX

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

CDC spray equipment leaving the warehouse at a field office in Laredo, TX, for work in a flood area. Credit: CDC.

Sammy Guera of the NRCS offices in Kingsville, TX, consults with landowner Anne Williams on a highly erodible parcel of land that has been seeded with protective grass. [Slide 97CS2994]. Credit: Ken Hammond.

Martha Arteaga, NRCS, Texas, interviews landowner n a wetland near Kingsville, TX. [Slide 97CS2996]. Credit: Ken Hammond.

Joel Torres (right), NRCS District Conservationist, Zapata, TX, and landowenr discuss range plans, while doing a study to determine grass stand and quality. [Slide 97CS3022]. Credit: Ken Hammond.

Arturo Iabarra, NRCS District Conservationist, Rio Grande City, TX, discusses NRCS assistance with Starr County landowner who grows honeydew melons, which are in the harvest stage. [Slide 97CS3025]. Credit: Ken Hammond.

NRCS Earth Team Volunteer Carlos Garza of Edinburg, TX, works with rancher on conservation projects. [Slide 97CS3027]. Credit: Ken Hammond.

Board members of the Hidalgo County, TX, Soil and Water Conservation District interact at meeting. [Slide 97CS3028]. Credit: Ken Hammond.

Combine dumbing wheat into a truck in Elis County, TX. Credit: USDA.

Looking at wildflowers on Amarillo Creek, near Amarillo, TX. New Mexico State Office. Credit: Paul W. Tanner.

Historical photo of Amarillo Field Office's helium production plant, near Amarillo, Tx. Credit: Unknown.

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: TX
 

"Sunset" by Jim Weisz
Commentary: "This was taken at dusk in Mineral Wells, TX."
"Cloud on the lake 2" by Nik Frey
Commentary: "Trip to a artificial cloud build into the lake... tx b."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TX

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Mexico

Nuevo Laredo across the border from Laredo, TX, is the principal inland port of entry to Mexico. (references)

Trade

Argentina

EXIM has five regional offices in New York, NY; Miami, FL; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; or Long Beach, CA. (references)

Turkey

In the United States, carnets are sold by the U.S. Council for International Business and Roanoke Trade Services at the following locations: New York, NY, (212) 708-5078; Long Beach, CA, (800) 421-9324 or (562) 628-9306; Schaumburg, IL, (800) 762-6653 or (847) 969-8211; San Francisco, CA (800) 255-4994 or (415) 732-5480; Miami, FL (also serves Houston) (800) 468-5467 or (305) 593-5583; Hunt Valley, MD (800) 422-9944 or (410) 771-6100 x 12; Boston, MA (800) 233-3620 or (617) 368-9907; and Houston, TX (pick up site only) (800) 456-0422 or (713) 582-6464 x 102. (references)

Travel

Colombia

Colombian Consulates throughout the United States are located in Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Beverly Hills, CA; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; Coral Gables, FL; Minneapolis, MN; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Hato Rey, Puerto Rico; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC; Wheeling, WV; East Lake, OH; Detroit, MI. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: TX

"TX" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "TX" is used about 9 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)66.67%6143,867
Noun (singular)33.33%3202,518
                    Total100.00%9N/A

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

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Expressions: TX

Expressions using "TX": del rio tx gun barrel city tx houston tx san antonio tx Tx burst TX combiner TX matrix. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "TX": TX-0, tx-based, Tx-integer.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TX

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

lubbock tx

1,855

mesquite tx

549

512 not our present resume tx us we

1,855

humble tx

477

tyler tx

1,702

keller tx

468

waco tx

1,574

huntsville tx

464

irving tx

1,336

nacogdoches tx

456

spring tx

1,311

porter tx

452

midland tx

1,212

512 our present resume tx us we

448

new braunfels tx

1,075

lufkin tx

440

arpt dallas dfw intl tx

1,050

tx

384

katy tx

1,050

arpt bush george houston intercontinental tx

365

mckinney tx

1,028

tomball tx

361

longview tx

1,015

kerrville tx

356

laredo tx

998

tx lotto

340

wichita falls tx

872

league city tx

339

lewisville tx

820

mansfield tx

330

victoria tx

699

fenix tx

326

mcallen tx

696

lottery tx

317

killeen tx

659

cypress tx

312

grand prairie tx

658

granbury tx

307

grapevine tx

635

the woodlands tx

301
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TX

Language Translations for "TX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Tx (transmit, transmitter), sender (communicator, emitter, radio transmitter, sender, transmitter). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Tx (transmit, transmitter), interfacesignaal-zender (transmitter). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Tx (transmitter), lähetin (sender, transmitter). (various references)

   

French

  

Tx, émetteur. (various references)

   

German

  

Tx (transmitter), Sender (broadcast station, channel, emitter, station, transmitter, transmitters). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συνδυαστής TX (TX combiner), μήτρα πομπού (TX matrix), μήτρα ΤΧ (TX matrix). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Tx (transmit, transmitter), unità trasmittente (transmitter, transmitter unit). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

txay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

Tx-integer é baixo,caso não combinado (non-combined case, Tx-integer is low), Tx-integer (Tx-integer), rajada de transmissão (Tx burst), combinador de transmissão (TX combiner), burst Tx (Tx burst). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Tx (transmit, transmitter), transmisor (sender, transmitter). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sändare (transmittor). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: TX

Misspellings

"TX" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atx. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: TX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "t-x"
 

+1 letter: tax, tux.

 

+2 letters: exit, fixt, mixt, next, sext, taxa, taxi, text, vext, xyst.

 

+3 letters: ataxy, axite, detox, dixit, exact, exalt, exert, exist, exits, expat, extol, extra, exult, fixit, ixtle, latex, oxter, retax, sexto, sexts, sixte, sixth, sixty, taxed, taxer, taxes, taxis, taxon, taxus, telex, texas, texts, toxic, toxin, tuxes, twixt, xysti, xysts.

 

+4 letters: admixt, ataxia, ataxic, axites, bemixt, cortex, dexter, dextro, dixits, ethoxy, eutaxy, exacta, exacts, exalts, except, excite, exempt, exerts, exeunt, exhort, exists, exited, exotic, expats, expect, expert, export, exsect, exsert, extant, extend, extent, extern, extoll, extols, extort, extras, exults, fixate, fixity, hatbox, hotbox, ixtles, laxest, laxity, luxate, mastix, matrix, nontax, outbox, outfox, oxcart, oxtail, oxters, pretax, remixt, sexist, sexpot, sextan, sextet, sexton, sextos, sixtes, sixths, storax, styrax, surtax, syntax, taxeme, taxers, taxied, taxies, taxing, taxite, taxman, taxmen, taxons, teabox, thorax, toxics, toxine, toxins, toxoid, tuxedo, unfixt, unmixt, unvext, urtext, vertex, vortex, xyster, xystoi, xystos, xystus.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Abbreviations
15. Acronyms
16. Derivations
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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