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Definition: AVIS |
AVISNoun1. Advice; opinion; deliberation. |
"AVIS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bird". |
Date "AVIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
Etymology: Avis \A*vis"\, noun. [French expression avis. See Advice.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Avis is a borough located in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 1,492.Geography
Avis is located at 41°11'7" North, 77°18'59" West (41.185234, -77.316455)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²). 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,492 people, 633 households, and 417 families residing in the borough. The population density is 1,175.6/km² (3,040.4/mi²). There are 652 housing units at an average density of 513.8/km² (1,328.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 98.73% White, 0.34% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.34% from two or more races. 0.07% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 633 households out of which 29.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% are married couples living together, 8.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% are non-families. 29.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.35 and the average family size is 2.91. In the borough the population is spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.9 males. The median income for a household in the borough is $31,083, and the median income for a family is $39,167. Males have a median income of $30,250 versus $18,942 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $16,371. 9.8% of the population and 6.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 7.6% are under the age of 18 and 14.0% 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 "Avis, Pennsylvania."
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AVIS | English | Audio Visual Interactive Scriptware | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inexpedience | Tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis, one in a thousand. |
Repute | Hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody; classman; man of rank; (nobleman); pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community. |
Unconformity | Nonconformist; nondescript, character, original, nonesuch, nonsuch, monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish, black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae, rara avis, queer fish; mongrel, random breed; half-caste, half-blood, half-breed; metis, crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto; tertium quid, hermaphrodite. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AVIS |
| English words defined with "AVIS": Calcar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AVIS": Rara A'vis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "AVIS": ostrich. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AVIS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (daily paper, gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper, periodical), French (advice, announcement, contention, counsel, judgement, mind, notice, notification, opinion, point, sentiment, thought, view, warning, way of thinking), German (advice, announcement, notice, notification), Latin (ancestor, augur, aviation, bird, forefather, grandfather, grandmother, old wives tale, omen, ostrich, portent, precursor, presage, rooted prejudice, sign), Norwegian (daily paper, journal, newspaper). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rara Avis (1996) Viva avis (1985) Avis de recherche (1980) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Les femmes enceintes ou en période d'allaitement ne doivent jamais prendre de médicaments sans avis médical. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Ne consommez pas différents médicaments à la fois sans avis médical. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Brandscape" by Anders Skovgaard-Petersen Commentary: "An old water tower with the AVIS car rental logo on it. Beneath that you can se the remains of an older Ford logo." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Car rental agencies with the strongest presence in the tourist market are Alamo, Avis and Hertz. (references) | |
Examples include Avis (340 car rental agencies), Kentucky Fried Chicken (7 company-owned fast food restaurants), and Best Western (170 hotels). (references) | ||
Also well-represented is the hospitality industry, represented by “Quality” and “Comfort” (Choice Hotels International) and Holiday Inn, among others; car rental agencies have fared well here with names such as Avis Rent-A-Car, Budget Rent A Car, and Hertz. (references) | ||
Economic History | Botswana | They include DHL, Federal Express, Coca-Cola, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Avis. (references) |
Oman | A number of U.S. car rental franchises are present (Hertz, Budget, Avis, Thrifty, Pay-Less), and the first U.S. motorcycle dealership, Harley-Davidson of Oman, opened in late 1998. (references) | |
Finland | There are about a dozen U.S. franchise chains now operating in Finland: Avis, Budget, Esso Snack & Shop, Glass-Tech, Hertz, Homecare, Novus (car windows), McDonald's, PC-Super-Store, Mail Boxes Etc/IB Your Office and Pizza Hut. (references) | |
Travel | Azerbaijan | Both Hertz and Avis offer rental vehicles with or without driver. (references) |
Haiti | The major car rental agencies located in Port-au-Prince include Hertz, Avis, Budget, Dollar, and Secom. (references) | |
Philippines | U.S. franchisees such as Avis, Hertz, Budget operate in the Philippines and accept international driver's license up to 60 days. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "AVIS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 89.47% of the time. "AVIS" is used about 19 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) | 89.47% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (singular) | 10.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "AVIS" 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 |
| Avis | First name Female | 13,000 | 763 |
| Avis | Last name | 1,000 | 13,590 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "AVIS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bird". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "AVIS." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Avice | Female | English | Avis |
| Avila | Female | English | Avis |
| Avis | Female | English | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| South Africa | Avis Southern Africa Ltd. | United Kingdom | Avis Europe plc |
| USA | Avis Group Holdings, Inc. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Avis, PA (borough, FIPS 3632) |
Expressions using "AVIS": avis d'appel call ♦ avis incidemment exprimé par le juge et n'ayant pas force de précédent ♦ calcar avis ♦ rara avis. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "AVIS": N nidus-avis, Neottia nidus-avis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
avis | 9,648 | avis location | 25 |
avis rental car | 3,434 | rara avis | 24 |
avis rent a car | 1,232 | avis coupon discount | 24 |
avis rental | 416 | avis australia | 23 |
avis car sales | 159 | avis croix st | 22 |
avis coupon | 141 | avis ford | 22 |
avis car | 110 | free porn avis | 21 |
avis canada | 71 | avis truck rental | 21 |
avis uk | 60 | avis miller | 21 |
avis rent | 51 | avis de recherche | 19 |
avis car rental coupon | 47 | free avis | 19 |
avis car hire | 42 | avis car rental.com | 17 |
avis com | 38 | avis renta a car | 16 |
avis blå den | 33 | avis car sales used | 15 |
avis auto rental | 33 | avis code coupon | 15 |
free sex avis | 30 | avis code discount | 14 |
funny avis | 28 | avis france | 14 |
avis car rental canada | 27 | avis international | 14 |
avis discount | 27 | avis car rental uk | 14 |
avis used car | 27 | avis autonoleggio | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "AVIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | raritet (rara avis, rarity), gjë e rrallë (curiosity, rara avis, rarity). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рядка птица (rara avis). (various references) | |
Danish | calcar avis (calcar avis). (various references) | |
Dutch | vogelspoor (calcar avis), pes hippocampi minor (calcar avis), hippocampus minor (calcar avis). (various references) | |
French | petit hippocampe (calcar avis), ergot de MORAND (calcar avis), conversation avec avis d'appel (avis d'appel call). (various references) | |
German | Calcar avis (calcar avis). (various references) | |
Greek | πτηναίον πλήκτρον της πλαγίας κοιλίας (calcar avis). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ritkaság (curio, curiosity, rara avis, rareness, rarity, scarcity, sleaziness, tenuity, tenuousness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | avisay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | raridade (curio, fewness, phenomenon, rara avis, rarefaction, rareness, rarity, treasure). (various references) | |
Russian | редкость (curio, curiosity, rara avis, rareness, rarity, scarcity, sparseness, sparsity, sparsness, white crow), редкое явление (rara avis, rarity), редкая птица (rara avis). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | retka ptica (rara avis). (various references) | |
Spanish | rara ave (rara avis), hipocampo menor (calcar avis), espolón de Morand (calcar avis), calcariavis (calcar avis). (various references) | |
Swedish | enastående (eminent, exceptionally, exquisite, extremely, incomparable, matchless, outstanding, phenomenal, rara avis, rare, singular, sovereign, top flight, transcendent, unbeatable, unequalled, unexampled, unique, unparallelled). (various references) | |
Thai | คนหรือสิ่งที่หายาก (เป็นภาษาละติน) (rara avis). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ina swzh wsper dorkaV ek brocwn kai wsper orneon ek pagidoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Eruere quasi dammula de manu et quasi avis de insidiis aucupis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Be thou pullid out as a foun fro the hond; and as a brid fro the spies of the foulere. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Gumawas ka sa imong kaugalingon ingon sa usa ka lagsaw gikan sa kamot sa mangangayam, Ug ingon sa usa ka langgam gikan sa kamot sa mangangayam sa langgam. |
| Croatian | otmi se kao gazela iz mreže i kao ptica iz ruku ptièaru. |
| Danish | red dig som en Gazel af Snaren, som en Fugl af Fuglefængerens Hånd. |
| Dutch | Red u, als een ree uit de hand des jagers, en als een vogel uit de hand des vogelvangers. |
| Finnish | Pelastaudu käsistä niinkuin gaselli, niinkuin lintu pyydystäjän käsistä. |
| French | Dégage-toi comme la gazelle de la main du chasseur, Comme l`oiseau de la main de l`oiseleur. |
| German | Errette dich wie ein Reh von der Hand und wie eine Vogel aus der Hand des Voglers. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lepaskanlah dirimu dari perangkap itu seperti burung atau kijang melepaskan diri dari pemburu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | lepaskanlah dirimu seperti kijang dari pada tangan pemburu dan seperti burung dari pada tangan pemikat. |
| Italian | lìberatene come la gazzella dal laccio, come un uccello dalle mani del cacciatore. |
| Maori | Whakaora i a koe ano he anaterope i roto i te ringa o te kaiwhai, ano he manu i roto i te ringa o te kaihopu. |
| Norwegian | frels dig som et rådyr av jegerens hånd og som en fugl av fuglefangerens hånd! |
| Portuguese | livra-te como a gazela da mão do caçador, e como a ave da mão do passarinheiro. |
| Rumanian | Scapq din mkna lui cum scapq cqprioara din mkna vknqtorului, wi ca pasqrea din mkna pqsqrarului... |
| Russian | УРБУБКУС, ЛБЛ УЕТОБ ЙЪ ТХЛЙ Й ЛБЛ РФЙГБ ЙЪ ТХЛЙ РФЙГЕМПЧБ. |
| Spanish | Escapa como el venado de mano del cazador, como ave de mano del que tiende la red. |
| Swedish | Sök räddning såsom en gasell ur jägarens våld, och såsom en fågel ur fågelfängarens våld. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AVIS": aviso, avisos. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "AVIS": mavis, pahlavis, pavis, peccavis. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AVIS": atavism, atavisms, atavist, atavistic, atavistically, atavists, enravish, enravished, enravishes, enravishing, favism, favisms, knavish, knavishly, lavish, lavished, lavisher, lavishers, lavishes, lavishest, lavishing, lavishly, lavishness, lavishnesses, mavises, overlavish, pavise, paviser, pavisers, pavises, ravish, ravished, ravisher, ravishers, ravishes, ravishing, ravishingly, ravishment, ravishments, slavish, slavishly, slavishness, slavishnesses, unravished. (additional references) | |
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"AVIS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abis, adis, advi, advis, advts, aevi, afis, afiso, Agis, ahis, Aisb, alvi, Arvids, avase, avast, avea, aves, Avesco, avest, avex, avi, avia, avias, avib, avic, avids, avies, avim, avin, avio, avios, avir, avish, Aviso, avist, avit, aviv, avix, avoc, avons, avos, avox, avus, avy, avyl, awis, ayis, azis, bavis, evis, havis, ivis, tavis, vais, vaus, vays, Yavuz. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: visa. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-s-v" | |
-1 letter: ais, vas, via, vis. | |
-2 letters: ai, as, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-s-v" | |
+1 letter: aviso, divas, kivas, mavis, pavis, savin, shiva, silva, vails, vairs, vials, vigas, vinas, visas, vista, vivas. | |
+2 letters: advise, aivers, ajivas, anvils, avails, avians, avions, avisos, avoids, cavies, cavils, davies, davits, divans, favism, invars, lavish, mavies, mavins, naives, navies, ovisac, parvis, pavins, pavise, ravins, ravish, rivals, saliva, salvia, savine, saving, savins, savior, shavie, shivah, shivas, silvae, silvan, silvas, spavie, spavin, vakils, valise, vanish, varies, vesica, viands, vicars, villas, vinals, vincas, violas, virgas, visaed, visage, visard, vistas, visual, vitals, vizsla, waives, wavies. | |
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