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Joss House

Definition: Joss House

Joss House

Noun

1. A Chinese temple or shrine for idol worship.

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


Synonyms within Context: Joss House

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Temple

Synagogue; mosque; marabout; pantheon; pagoda; joss house; dogobah, tope; kiosk; kiack, masjid.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: Joss House

DomainTitle

Books

  • History of the Weaverville Joss House and the Chinese of Trinity County, California (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Modern Translation: Joss House

Language Translations for "joss house"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tempull kinez. (various references)

   

Czech

  

èínský chrám. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kínai templom. (various references)

   

Manx

  

chiamble Sheenagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ossjay ousehay

   

Romanian

  

templu chinezesc. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

китайский храм (joss-house). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kineski hram. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kinesiskt tempel. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ศาลเจ้าของจีน. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

çin tapınağı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Joss House

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-h-j-o-o-s-s-s-u"

-2 letters: osseous.

-3 letters: houses, joshes, josses, souses.

-4 letters: hoses, house, jehus, shoes, shoos, souse.

-5 letters: hoes, hose, hues, jehu, jess, joes, josh, joss, oohs, oses, shes, shoe, shoo, sous, sues, suss, uses.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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