Vanessa

Definition: Vanessa

Vanessa

Noun

1. Painted beauty and red admiral.

Date "Vanessa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Note: Vanessa \Van*es"sa\, noun. [Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus and Vanessa. See Vanessa, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Vanessa

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Vanessa is Miss Esther Vanhomrigh, and Cadenus is Dean Swift. While he was still married to Stella [Miss Hester Johnson, whose tutor he had been] Miss Vanhomrigh fell in love with him, and requested him to marry her, but the dean refused. The proposal became known to his wife (?), and both the ladies died soon afterwards. Hester Johnson was called Stella by a pun upon the Greek aster, which resembles Hester in sound, and means a "star." Miss Vanhomrigh was called Vanessa by compounding Van, the first syllable of her name, with Essa, the pet form of Esther. Cadenus is simply decanus (dean) slightly transposed. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonym: Vanessa

Synonym: genus Vanessa (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Vanessa

English words defined with "Vanessa": genus Vanessa ♦ Painted beauty ♦ Vanessa antiopa, Vanessa atalanta, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen, Vanessa virginiensis, Vanessian. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Vanessa": Varina. (references)

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Modern Usage: Vanessa

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Vanessa has a fantastic body, I bet she shags like a minx. (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers) Mm-hmm. You make it, you lie in it. And, from what I understand, whenever there is a bed, you always seem to be close by, Vanessa. (All My Children; writing credit: John L. Goldwater)
Movie/TV Titles	Vanessa (1970) The Vanessa Show (1999) Vanessa Williams & Friends: Christmas in New York (1996) Amplessi animaleschi di Vanessa in teneri ma duri (1995) Vanessa (1994)
Song Titles	A Thousand Miles (performing artist: Vanessa Carlton) Ordinary Day (performing artist: Vanessa Carlton) Dreamin' (performing artist: Vanessa Williams) The Sweetest Days (performing artist: Vanessa Williams) Colors Of The Wind (performing artist: Vanessa Williams)
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Commercial Usage: Vanessa

Domain	Title
Books	Vanessa (reference) Vanessa - All Heaven Breaks Loose (reference) Vanessa Bell (reference) Vanessa Redgrave: An Autobiography (reference) Vanessa Williams: A Real-Life Reader Biography (Real-Life Reader Biography) (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Vanessa

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Non-Fiction Usage: Vanessa

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Argentina	Ledesma's partner, Vanessa Piedrabuena, has received repeated threats and the police have raided her residence. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Vanessa

"Vanessa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vanessa" is used about 203 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%	203	21,393

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Vanessa

The following table summarizes the usage of "Vanessa" 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
Vanessa	First name Female	111,000	195
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Vanessa

Expressions using "Vanessa": genus Vanessa ♦ Polygonia or Vanessa Progne ♦ Vanessa antiopa ♦ Vanessa Atalanta ♦ Vanessa Bell ♦ Vanessa cardui ♦ Vanessa Huntera ♦ Vanessa Progne ♦ Vanessa Stephen ♦ Vanessa virginiensis. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Vanessa": Story-vanessa.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vanessa

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
vanessa carlton	2,259
vanessa del rio	1,566
vanessa williams	1,449
vanessa	1,209
vanessa marcil	1,091
kay vanessa	1,087
vanessa paradis	529
vanessa angel	526
vanessa blue	465
laine vanessa	432
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Modern Translations: Vanessa

Language		Translations for "Vanessa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		Είδοσ � εταλούδασ. (various references)

Pig Latin		anessavay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Vanessa

Misspellings
	"Vanessa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Canossa, Panessar, Vanezis, Venosa, Vernazza. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Vanessa"

Words rhyming with "Vanessa" (pronounced 'Van*es"sa'): Abscissa, Amorosa, Annulosa, Ansa, Aporosa, Balsa, Bolsa, Bursa, Casa, Docoglossa, fossa, Foussa, Ganesa, Gloriosa, Glossa, Hydromedusa, Impresa, Inclusa, Jossa, Juwansa, Keratosa, Lobosa, lyssa, margosa, Medusa, Melissa, mesa, mimosa, Missa, Musa, Nassa, Oquassa, Paraglossa, Physa, Potassa, Ptenoglossa, Raghuvansa, Reticulosa, Rhachiglossa, Rhipidoglossa, Rugosa, Saccoglossa, Sarsa, Sessa, Siliquosa, Tachyglossa, Taenioglossa, Toxoglossa, Ursa, Vibrissa. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Vanessa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-n-s-s-v"
	-2 letters: ansae, avens, naves, sanes, saves, sensa, vanes, vases.
	-3 letters: anas, anes, ansa, asea, aves, nave, ness, sane, sans, save, seas, vane, vans, vasa, vase, vena.
	-4 letters: aas, ana, ane, ass, ava, ave, ens, ess, nae, sae, sea, sen, van, vas.
	-5 letters: aa, ae, an, as, en, es, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-n-s-s-v"
	+1 letter: canvases.
	+2 letters: canvasers, canvassed, canvasser, canvasses, tsarevnas.
	+3 letters: canvassers, galvanises, savageness, vacantness, vandalises.
	+4 letters: amativeness, averageness, sansevieria, transvalues, transversal, valiantness.
	+5 letters: abrasiveness, adaptiveness, aestivations, asseverating, asseveration, avitaminoses, devastations, hantaviruses, maidservants, overanalyses, overanalysis, sansevierias, savagenesses, transversals, vacantnesses, valuableness, variableness, vulcanisates.
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