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Juju

Definition: Juju

Juju

Noun

1. The power associated with a juju.

2. A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.

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


Synonyms: Juju

Synonyms: fetich (n), fetish (n), hoodoo (n), voodoo (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Juju

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

JuJu (1996)

Jules et Juju (1982)

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

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Commercial Usage: Juju

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

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

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Usage Frequency: Juju

"Juju" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Juju" is used about 3 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Juju

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

juju

73

juju power tak

7

juju oneness

6

chang juju

5

juju lady

5

cam juju

4

bean juju

4

juju music

4

bad juju

3

bee juju

3

bead juju

3

bad juju lounge

3

beat juju

3

pele juju

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Juju

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

Albanian

  

ndalim (arrest, attachment, ban, cessation, defence, detention, disallowance, embargo, Forbiddance, halt, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, lid, negative, prohibition, stay, stop, stoppage, stopping, taboo), fjalë magjike (incantation, spell, spelt). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نظرقربانی (Mascot), طلسم (Abracadabra, Amulet, Charm, Glamor, Glamour, Incantation, Ligature, Spell, Talisman), افسون 2 (Glamour, Incantation, Spell), بت (Idol). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ξόρκι (incantation, spell). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fétis (fetish). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ジャンプ競技 (deuce, dugong, genre, jamboree, jewel, jewelry, joule, Juglar cycle, juice, juicer, juju music, juke-box, jumbo, jumbo-jet, jumbo-size, June bride, junior, junior welter, ski jumping, soft drink). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ジュジュミュージック (juju music). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ujujay

   

Portuguese

  

judo (jive, Judy, jukebox), intocável (bulletproof, untouchable), feitiço (Abracadabra, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchantment, fetishist, hexagon, incantation, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery), encantamento (Abracadabra, charm, conjuration, enchantment, glamor, glamour, incantation, magic, spell). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fetisch (fetish, mumbo jumbo). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เครื่องราง (talisman). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Juju

Derivations

Words beginning with "juju": jujube, jujubes, jujuism, jujuisms, jujuist, jujuists, jujus, jujutsu, jujutsus. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Juju" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jaji, Jajo, jeho, Jehu, jeu, Jiji, jinu, jiu, jjuo, Joji, jou, joujoux, Jubjub, Jugi, jugo, juh, Juhu, Juji, Ju-ju, Juku, jukun, juur, Njonjo, Ruju. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Juju

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "j-j-u-u"
 

+1 letter: jujus.

 

+2 letters: jujube.

 

+3 letters: jejunum, jujitsu, jujubes, jujuism, jujuist, jujutsu.

 

+4 letters: jiujitsu, jiujutsu, jujitsus, jujuisms, jujuists, jujutsus.

 

+5 letters: jiujitsus, jiujutsus.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Juju


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

4A 75 6A 75

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.---    ..-    .---    ..-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01001010 01110101 01101010 01110101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#117 &#106 &#117

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0075 006A 0075

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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

44877687

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Juju"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanês, alban

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, grek

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításΟύγγρος, magyar, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี

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 japonez, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น

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japonez, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugis

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningsuedez, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น

Thai

พจนานุกรมΤαϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, たい", tailandês, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglês, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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