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Burial Mound

Definition: Burial Mound

Burial Mound

Noun

1. (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Burial Mound

Synonyms: barrow (n), grave mound (n), tumulus (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Burial Mound

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

indian burial mound

8

burial mound

3
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Modern Translations: Burial Mound

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

Dutch

  

grafheuvel (barrow, grave-mound, tumulus). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

tombomonteto (barrow, grave-mound, tumulus). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

土饅 , 円墳 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

どま"じゅう, え"ぷ", え"ふ". (various references)

   

Manx

  

carnane oanluckee (barrow). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urialbay oundmay

   

Russian 

  

курган (burial-mound, mound, tumulus). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

túmulo (Barrow, mound, tumulus). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mezarın üstündeki toprak yığını, höyük (Barrow, cairn, motte, tumulus). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Burial Mound

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

tymbos. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

cinis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Burial Mound

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-i-l-m-n-o-r-u-u"

-2 letters: duralumin.

-3 letters: airbound, alburnum, laburnum, moribund, olibanum.

-4 letters: albumin, alodium, ambroid, bimodal, birdman, diurnal, drumlin, dubnium, inboard, labroid, mandril, maudlin, modular, nodular, nombril, ordinal, rimland, ruminal, umbonal, unbraid, unbuild, undular, unmoral, uranium.

-5 letters: abound, albino, aldrin, almond, alumin, alumni, amidol, around, auburn, bailor, barium, bridal, bromal, bromid, bromin, brumal, burial, daimon, diuron, dolman, domain.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Burial Mound


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 75 72 69 61 6C      4D 6F 75 6E 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01110101 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101100 00100000 01001101 01101111 01110101 01101110 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#117 &#114 &#105 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#77 &#111 &#117 &#110 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0075 0072 0069 0061 006C      004D 006F 0075 006E 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36878475677824781878070

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Burial Mound"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieOllanish, Germaanish, голландский, holandés, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait

Esperanto

esperanton, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, esperanto, esperanto dili

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец, japonés, Japonca

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец, japonés, Japonca

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtManninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruso, Rusça

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, испанский, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeYn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turco, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglan, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, английский, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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