Wayland

Definition: Wayland

Wayland

Noun

1. (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund.

Date "Wayland" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Wayland the Scandinavian Vulcan, was son of the sea-giant Wate, and the sea-nymph Wac-hilt. He was bound apprentice to Mimi the smith. King Nidung cut the sinews of his feet, and cast him into prison, but he escaped in a feather-boat. (Anglo-Saxon weallan, to fabricate.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Wayland is the name of some places in the United States of America:

Wayland, Massachusetts
Wayland, New York

Synonyms: Wayland

Synonyms: Wayland the Smith (n), Wieland (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Wayland

English words defined with "Wayland": Volund ♦ Wayland the Smith. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Wayland": vaughanite ♦ Wayland Smith's Cave, Wayland Wood. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A Medieval Siege (A Wayland Sentinel Book) (reference) A memoir of the life and labors of Francis Wayland, D.D., LL.D (reference) Plague and Fire (The Wayland Documentary History Series) (reference) Talkin' Socialism: J. A. Wayland and the Radical Press (reference) The Dean of Dermott: The Life Story of Dr. York Wayland Williams, Jr. (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Wayland" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Wayland" is used about 25 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%	25	69,787

The following table summarizes the usage of "Wayland" 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
Wayland	Last name	1,000	8,517
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names related to "Wayland."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Wayland	Male	English	Wieland
Völund	Male	Norse Mythology	Wieland
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Wayland, IA (city, FIPS 82965)
Location: 41.14770 N, 91.65788 W
Population (1990): 838 (338 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 52654
Country: USA

2. Wayland, KY (city, FIPS 81012)
Location: 37.44819 N, 82.80047 W
Population (1990): 359 (158 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 41666
Country: USA

3. Wayland, MA
Zip Code(s): 01778
Country: USA

4. Wayland, MI (city, FIPS 84880)
Location: 42.67193 N, 85.64140 W
Population (1990): 2751 (1208 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 49348
Country: USA

5. Wayland, MO (city, FIPS 77920)
Location: 40.39515 N, 91.58172 W
Population (1990): 391 (200 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 63472
Country: USA

6. Wayland, NY (village, FIPS 78850)
Location: 42.56806 N, 77.59214 W
Population (1990): 1976 (786 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 14572
Country: USA

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Expression: Wayland

Expression using "Wayland": Wayland the Smith. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wayland

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
wayland ma	222	crier town wayland	9
wayland baptist university	213	school union wayland	9
golf wayland	104	chess wayland	9
wayland	70	baptist hawaii university wayland	8
wayland baptist	60	central cohocton school wayland	7
wayland mi	58	course golf wayland	7
wayland ny	46	antonio baptist san university wayland	6
wayland country club	40	wayland new york	6
wayland high school	20	middle school wayland	6
public school wayland	17	flower madame wayland	6
wayland university	16	wayland oh	6
wayland golf shop	16	wayland chevrolet	6
wayland michigan	16	durand wayland	5
wayland academy	15	home in wayland	5
wayland massachusetts	13	wayland school	5
baptist college wayland	12	madame wayland	5
wayland flower	12	wayland ky	5
wayland ford	10	baptist lubbock university wayland	5
town wayland	10	golf store wayland	4
wayland ia	9	baptist hawaii wayland	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Wayland

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-l-n-w-y"
	-2 letters: aland, alway, lawny, nyala, wanly.
	-3 letters: alan, anal, away, awny, dawn, lady, land, lawn, nada, wady, waly, wand, wany, wynd, yald, yawl, yawn.
	-4 letters: aal, ala, ana, and, any, awa, awl, awn, dal, daw, day, lad, law, lay, naw, nay, wad, wan, way, wyn, yaw.
	-5 letters: aa, ad, al, an, aw, ay, la, na.
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