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Definition: Cicala |
CicalaNoun1. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cicala" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Etymology: Cicala \Ci*ca"la\ (ch[-e]*k[aum]"l[.a]), noun. [Italian expression, from the Latin expression cicada.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: CicalaSynonym: cicada (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cicala |
| Non-English Usage: "Cicala" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Italian (balm-cricket, cicada). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | L' Illustre attrice Cicala Formica (1920) La Cicala (1980) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cicala" 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 |
| Cicala | Last name | 170 | 41,116 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
cicala | 16 |
cicala machado | 13 |
alberto cicala | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cicala"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | kabóca (cicada, cicadae, cicalae). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | icalacay orakböceği (cicada, field cricket), ağustosböceği (chatterbox, cicada). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cicala": cicalas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cicala" (pronounced sikÄ"lu) |
| 3 | -Ä" l u | Cholla, Corolla, impala, Kabbalah, koala, Marsala. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: alcaic. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l" | |
-2 letters: caca, laic. | |
-3 letters: aal, ail, ala, lac. | |
-4 letters: aa, ai, al, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l" | |
+1 letter: acclaim, acicula, alcaics, cicalas. | |
+2 letters: acclaims, aciculae, acicular, aciculas, calcanei, calcaria, farcical, galactic, pachalic, tactical, vaccinal. | |
+3 letters: acclaimed, acclaimer, acclimate, anaclitic, ascetical, cacuminal, caecilian, canicular, canonical, catabolic, catalatic, catalytic, causalgic, cercarial, classical, pachalics, practical, vaccinial. | |
+4 letters: academical, acaricidal, accidental, acclaimers, acclaiming, acclimated, acclimates, acoustical, acrostical, alchemical, anarchical, arctically, articulacy, cabalistic, caecilians, canaliculi, canonicals, caracoling, cascarilla, catalectic, cataleptic, catcalling, chaplaincy, clavicular, didactical, farcically, fascicular, immaculacy, malolactic, mechanical, occasional, practicals, sacroiliac, tactically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 69 63 61 6C 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .. -.-. .- .-.. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C i c a l a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0069 0063 0061 006C 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377569677867 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | magyar, macarca, macar |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | török, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | angol, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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