Zarathustra

Definition: Zarathustra

Zarathustra

Noun

1. Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC).

"Zarathustra" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a golden camel", "a golden star".

Date "Zarathustra" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1892. (references)

Synonym: Zarathustra

Synonym: Zoroaster (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Zarathustra

English words defined with "Zarathustra": Zarathustric. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Zarathustra" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (zoroaster), Swedish (zoroaster).

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Modern Usage: Zarathustra

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Thus Spake Zarathustra (2001)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Zarathustra

Domain	Title
Books	Jung's Seminar on Nietzsche's Zarathustra [ABRIDGED] (reference) The Mask of Enlightenment : Nietzsche's Zarathustra (reference) Zarathustra: A God That Can Dance: Talks on Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Holst: The Planets/John Williams: Star Wars/Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (reference) Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan / Karajan (reference) Strauss: Thus Spake Zarathustra, etc. [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Zarathustra

"Zarathustra" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zarathustra" 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

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

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Derived & Related Names: Zarathustra

"Zarathustra" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a golden camel", "a golden star".

The following table summarizes names related to "Zarathustra."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Zarathustra	Male	History	N/A
Zoroaster	Male	History	Zarathustra
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Zarathustra

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
zarathustra	84
also sprach zarathustra	25
thus spoke zarathustra	18
thus spake zarathustra	14
song of zarathustra	7
sprach thus zarathustra	5
sprach zarathustra	5
nietzsche zarathustra	2
book none spoke thus zarathustra	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Zarathustra

Language		Translations for "Zarathustra"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Turkish		Zerdüşt. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Zarathustra

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-h-r-r-s-t-t-u-z"
	-3 letters: tuataras.
	-4 letters: tartars, tuatara.
	-5 letters: arhats, attars, satara, strata, strath, tartar, tatars, thrust, truths.
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