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VERNON

"VERNON" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an alder tree".

Date "VERNON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references)


Specialty Definition: VERNON

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Literature

Vernon mentioned by Thomson in his Summer, was Admiral Edward Vernon, who attacked Carthagena in 1741; but the malaria reached the crew, and, as the poet says-
"To infant weakness sunk the warrior's arms."
Diana Vernon. An enthusiastic Royalist of great beauty and talent. (Sir Walter Scott: Rob Roy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Specialty Definition: Vernon

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Vernon is the name of several places in the United States of America: There are also North Vernon, Indiana, Vernon Hills, Illinois, and a number of places named Mount Vernon.

Vernon is also a city in British Columbia, Canada.

Vernon also is the name of several places in France:





Vernon (town), New York

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Vernon is a town located in Oneida County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,335.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 98.7 km² (38.1 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 5,335 people, 2,112 households, and 1,484 families residing in the town. The population density is 54.0/km² (139.9/mi²). There are 2,266 housing units at an average density of 23.0 persons/km² (59.4 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.94% White, 0.43% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.07% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. 0.69% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,112 households out of which 32.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% are married couples living together, 10.5% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 29.7% are non-families. 24.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.51 and the average family size is 2.98. In the town the population is spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.4 males. The median income for a household in the town is $38,339, and the median income for a family is $44,951. Males have a median income of $32,848 versus $24,076 for females. The per capita income for the town is $19,523. 9.8% of the population and 7.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.6% are under the age of 18 and 7.7% are 65 or older.



Vernon (village), New York

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Vernon is a village located in Oneida County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,155.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,155 people, 499 households, and 314 families residing in the village. The population density is 490.1/km² (1,264.5/mi²). There are 544 housing units at an average density of 230.8 persons/km² (595.6 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 97.92% White, 1.13% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. 1.04% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 499 households out of which 32.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% are married couples living together, 12.4% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 36.9% are non-families. 31.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.29 and the average family size is 2.85. In the village the population is spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.2 males. The median income for a household in the village is $34,600, and the median income for a family is $41,375. Males have a median income of $33,984 versus $23,804 for females. The per capita income for the village is $17,930. 9.7% of the population and 7.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.2% are under the age of 18 and 5.5% are 65 or older.

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

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Crosswords: VERNON

Specialty definitions using "VERNON": Carthagena, Cottage Countess ♦ Historicus ♦ King of the Peak. (references)

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Modern Usage: VERNON

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Life of Vernon Hathaway (1955)

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)

Vernon Howe Bailey's Sketchbook of London (1916)

The Vernon Johns Story (1994)

Florida Vernon (1981)

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Commercial Usage: VERNON

DomainTitle

References

  • Lillian Vernon Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Bad Colonists: The South Seas Letters of Vernon Lee Walker & Louis Becke (reference)

  • George Washington's Mount Vernon (reference)

  • Thru the Bible With J. Vernon McGee (reference)

  • Vernon Township (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Astaire & Rogers Collection Volume 2 (Swing Time, Shall We Dance, Carefree, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The Barkleys of Broadway) (reference)

  • Vernon, Florida (reference)

  • Virginia Plantations: Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Others (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: VERNON

Photos:
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Photo Album: VERNON

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Vernon Burns at twilight - determining initial azimuth Astro party of Lt.(j.g.) Albert Theberge. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Vernon Michael Washington a food service worker at F.C. Hammond Jr. High School in Alexendria, VA., prepares USDA commodity turkey for the school lunch program. Credit: USDA.

Animal physiologist Vernon Pursel at ARS' Reproduction Laboratory prepares an embryo for microscopic examination before implanting it into an animal. (K4070-17) Media sources may contact the ARS Photo Unit (arsphoto@asrr.arsusda.gov) for higher resolution. Credit: USDA ARS News.

Vernon Berns and Airplane at Littlejohn Lagoon. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.

[Sara Elizabeth Branham] / [P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Vernon Taylor]..

[Dean Burke] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Vernon Taylor..

Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861 volume. It depicts thirteen merchant steamships acquired by the U.S. Navy between April and August 1861 and subsequently converted into warships, plus the steamer Nashville (far left), which became a Confederate cruiser. U.S. Navy ships, as identified below the image bottom, are (from left to right: Alabama, Quaker City, Santiago de Cuba (listed as "St. Jago de Cuba", Mount Vernon, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Florida, De Soto, Augusta, James Adger, Monticello, Bienville and R.R. Cuyler. Credit: NAVY.

Ship's Officers and Crew, 1934. Photographed by Vernon M. Haden, San Pedro California. Note stockless anchor in the port bow hausepipe, fancy hull number, and ship's dog held by the Sailor at left. Credit: NAVY.

The Court House, Mt. Vernon, Ill., 1856. Credit: Library of Congress.

Architectural drawing for a library ("Washington Public Library") for Andrew Carnegie, Mount Vernon Square, N.W., Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Use in Literature: VERNON

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

From this, in fact, came his connection with the cure of Vernon, Abbe Mabeuf.

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Usage Frequency: VERNON

"VERNON" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "VERNON" is used about 367 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%36714,753

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

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Name Usage Frequency: VERNON

The following table summarizes the usage of "VERNON" 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
VernonFirst name Female1,0004,189
VernonFirst name Male97,000185
VernonLast name7,0001,905
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: VERNON

"VERNON" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an alder tree".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "VERNON."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
VernMaleN/AVernon
VernonMaleEnglishN/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: VERNON

CountryName
USA

Lillian Vernon Corporation

 (more examples...)

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

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Cities: VERNON


1. Vernon, AL (city, FIPS 78480)
Location: 33.75833 N, 88.11375 W
Population (1990): 2247 (1035 housing units)
Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 35592
Country: USA

2. Vernon, CA (city, FIPS 82422)
Location: 34.00120 N, 118.21007 W
Population (1990): 152 (52 housing units)
Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 90058
Country: USA

3. Vernon, CO
Zip Code(s): 80755
Country: USA

4. Vernon, FL (city, FIPS 74125)
Location: 30.61894 N, 85.70542 W
Population (1990): 778 (387 housing units)
Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 32462
Country: USA

5. Vernon, IL (village, FIPS 77681)
Location: 38.80197 N, 89.08914 W
Population (1990): 207 (87 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 62892
Country: USA

6. Vernon, IN (town, FIPS 78902)
Location: 38.98513 N, 85.61109 W
Population (1990): 370 (162 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 47282
Country: USA

7. Vernon, MI (village, FIPS 82020)
Location: 42.93967 N, 84.02994 W
Population (1990): 913 (321 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

8. Vernon, NJ
Zip Code(s): 07462
Country: USA

9. Vernon, NY (village, FIPS 77112)
Location: 43.08034 N, 75.53843 W
Population (1990): 1274 (535 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 13476
Country: USA

10. Vernon, OK
Zip Code(s): 74845
Country: USA

11. Vernon, TX (city, FIPS 75308)
Location: 34.14744 N, 99.30009 W
Population (1990): 12001 (5379 housing units)
Area: 20.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 76384
Country: USA

12. Vernon, UT (town, FIPS 80200)
Location: 40.09125 N, 112.44978 W
Population (1990): 181 (71 housing units)
Area: 19.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 84080
Country: USA

13. Vernon, VT
Zip Code(s): 05354
Country: USA

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Expressions: VERNON

Expressions using "VERNON": Belle Vernon ♦ Edward Vernon Rickenbacker ♦ Mont Vernon ♦ Mount Vernon ♦ New Vernon ♦ North Belle Vernon ♦ North Vernon ♦ Vernon Center ♦ Vernon County ♦ Vernon Hills ♦ Vernon Parish ♦ Vernon Rockville ♦ Vernon Valley. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "VERNON": Vernon-hunt.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: VERNON

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

lillian vernon

2,190

vernon college

81

mount vernon

677

lillian vernon catalog

78

mount vernon il

424

mount vernon washington

75

mount vernon ny

359

j vernon mcgee

75

vernon hills il

343

lillian vernon.com

68

vernon

277

vernon hills

62

vernon rockville ct

255

mt vernon il

62

lilian vernon

246

city of vernon

61

mount vernon oh

238

vernon ny

58

mt vernon

232

kate vernon

58

mount vernon va

229

mt vernon illinois

57

mount vernon wa

199

mount vernon ohio

56

vernon nj

178

vernon british columbia

53

vernon down

169

mount vernon virginia

51

vernon bc

132

lillian vernon kid

50

belle vernon pennsylvania

118

mt vernon ohio

49

north vernon indiana

97

mount vernon hotel

46

vernon tx

94

mt vernon register news

46

vernon texas

90

morning star vernon

46

mount vernon high school

84

vernon b.c

44
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Modern Translation: VERNON

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

Russian 

  

вернон. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: VERNON

Misspellings

"VERNON" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bernon, Evron, Fernon, Vanov, Voronov. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: VERNON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-1 letter: roven.

-2 letters: neon, none, oven, over, rove.

-3 letters: eon, ern, nor, one, ore, rev, roe, voe.

-4 letters: en, er, ne, no, oe, on, or, re.

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

+1 letter: environ, unroven.

 

+2 letters: conniver, convener, convenor, environs, inventor, nonvoter, unproven, vigneron.

 

+3 letters: connivers, conveners, convenors, convincer, environed, governing, inventors, inventory, inversion, nervation, nondriver, nonvector, nonverbal, nonviewer, nonvoters, reconvene, vernation, vignerons.

 

+4 letters: coinventor, conserving, contravene, convergent, converging, conversant, conversing, conversion, converting, convincers, covenanter, covenantor, enervation, environing, ergonovine, governance, government, intervenor, interwoven, inversions, mavourneen, nervations, nondrivers, nonvectors, nonveteran, nonviewers, overmanned, overmining, prevention, provenance, reconvened, reconvenes, reconvince, reinvasion, reinvoking, renovating, renovation, uncovering, unforgiven, veneration, vernations.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Usage Frequency 		9. Names: Frequency
10. Names: Derived from
11. Names: Company Usage
12. Cities 		13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Derivations 		17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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