Nightingale

Definitions: Nightingale

Nightingale

Noun

1. European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song.

2. English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910).

Date "nightingale" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Nightingale

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream that you are listening to the harmonious notes of the nightingale, foretells a pleasing existence, and prosperous and healthy surroundings. This is a most favorable dream to lovers, and parents. To see nightingales silent, foretells slight misunderstandings among friends. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Nightingale Tereus, King of Thrace, fetched Philomela to visit his wife; but when he reached the "solitudes of Heleas" he dishonoured her, and cut out her tongue that she might not reveal his conduct. Tereus told his wife that Philomela was dead, but Philomela made her story known by weaving it into a peplus, which she sent to her sister, the wife of Tereus, whose name was Procne. Procne, out of revenge, cut up her own son and served it to Tereus; but as soon as the king discovered it he pursued his wife, who fled to Philomela, her sister. To put an end to the sad tale, the gods changed all three into birds; Tereus (2 syl.) became the hawk, his wife the swallow, and Philomela the nightingale. Arcadian nightingales. Asses. Cambridgeshire nightingales. Edible frogs. Liege and Dutch "nightingales" are edible. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	NIGHTINGALE. A soldier who, as the term is, sings out at the halberts. It is a point of honour in some regiments, among the grenadiers, never to cry out, become nightingales, whilst under the discipline of the cat of nine tails; to avoid which, they chew. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Specialty Definition: Nightingale

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Nightingale

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

Genus: Luscinia

Species: megarhynchos

Binomial name

Luscinia megarhynchos

The Nightingale Luscinia megarhyncos is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chatss.

It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in forest in Europe and Asia . The distribution is more southerly than the very closely related Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia. It nests low in dense bushes. It winters in southern Africa.

The Nightingale is similar in size to the European Robin. It is plain brown above except for the red-sided tail with red side patches. It is buff to white below. Sexes are similar.

The male’s famous song is loud, with a impressive range of whistles, trills and gurgles. The most characteristic feature is a loud whistling crescendo. It has a frog-like alarm call.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nightingale."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Nightingale

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
NIGHTINGALE	English	Nursing informatics:generic high-level training in informatics for nurses	Computing, Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Nightingale

Synonym: the Lady with the Lamp (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Nightingale

English words defined with "nightingale": bulbul ♦ Fauvette, Florence Nightingale ♦ Luscinia luscinia ♦ Mock nightingale ♦ night bird ♦ Philomel, Philomela, Philomene ♦ Scotch nightingale, sedge warbler, sing, Swedish Nightingale, Sweet-breasted ♦ thrush nightingale ♦ Virginia nightingale. (references)

Specialty definitions using "nightingale": Bendemeer ♦ Epigram ♦ Fen Nightingale, Filomena ♦ Progn'e. (references)

Etymologies containing "nightingale": Philomela. (references)

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Modern Usage: Nightingale

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Kid Nightingale (1939) The Chinese Nightingale (1935) Missouri Nightingale (1934) The Chinese Nightingale (1927) A Japanese Nightingale (1918)
Song Titles	Lead Me On (performing artist: Maxine Nightingale) Right Back Where We Started From (performing artist: Maxine Nightingale)
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Commercial Usage: Nightingale

Domain	Title
Books	Nightingale (reference) The Mystery of the Silent Nightingale (3 Cousins Detective Club, Book 2) (reference) The Nightingale (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	P.D. James - Shroud for a Nightingale (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech	EARL NIGHTINGALE S CLASSICS (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Image Slideshow: Nightingale

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Photo Album: Nightingale

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	C-9 Nightingale.		Photographed prior to her World War I Navy service. She was acquired by the Navy on 11 June 1917 and commissioned on 29 June 1917 as USS Nightingale (SP-523). She was stricken on 27 March 1919 and sold on 15 December 1919.Credit: NAVY.
	The office nightingale.Credit: Library of Congress.		The lady with the lamp (Miss Nightingale at Scutari, 1854).Credit: Library of Congress.
	Klaw & Erlanger's production of A Japanese nightingale adapted from Onoto Watanna's novel by Wm. Young.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Familiar Quotations: Nightingale

Author	Quotation
Earl Nightingale	Each day try to find some way in which your work can be improved.
	The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice...it is conformity.
	The success is the man who runs the corner gas station because that was his dream -- that's what he wanted to do.
Florence Nightingale	How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
	The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
	Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.
	I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
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Use in Literature: Nightingale

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The nightingale is an Elleviou gratis.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Nightingale

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Nightingale S, Byrd L, Southern P, Jockusch J, Cal S, Wynne B. Incidence of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex bacteremia in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenious Dr. Jamrach Holobom: We know better the needs of ourselves than of others. To serve oneself is economy of administration. In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. There are three sexes; males, females and girls. Beauty in women and distinction in men are alike in this: they seem to be the unthinking a kind of credibility. Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both his.
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Usage Frequency: Nightingale

"Nightingale" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 75.45% of the time. "Nightingale" is used about 167 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)	75.45%	126	28,512
Noun (singular)	24.55%	41	53,521
Total	100.00%	167	N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Nightingale

The following table summarizes the usage of "nightingale" 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
Nightingale	Last name	1,000	7,882
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Nightingale

Expressions using "nightingale": florence nightingale ♦ mock nightingale ♦ scotch nightingale ♦ swedish Nightingale ♦ thrush nightingale ♦ Virginia nightingale. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nightingale

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
florence nightingale	654
nightingale	192
nightingale conant	115
ode to a nightingale	46
earl nightingale	41
bird nightingale	39
biography florence nightingale	21
maxine nightingale	21
born florance nightingale	16
sensational nightingale	13
caron nightingale	8
nightingale sang in berkeley square	8
john keats ode to a nightingale	7
nightingale picture	7
song of the nightingale	6
nightingale pledge	6
birthplace florence nightingale	6
nightingale connant	6
nightingale nurse	6
born country florance nightingale	6
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Modern Translations: Nightingale

Language		Translations for "nightingale"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		bilbil. (various references)

Arabic		‏الهزار, ‏العندليب. (various references)

Bulgarian		Славей (Philomel, Philomela). (various references)

Chinese		夜莺, 夜鶯 . (various references)

Czech		Slavík. (various references)

Danish		sydlig nattergal. (various references)

Dutch		nachtegaal. (various references)

Esperanto		najtingalo. (various references)

Faeroese		náttargali. (various references)

Farsi		هزاردستان , بلبل . (various references)

Finnish		satakieli. (various references)

French		Rossignol. (various references)

Frisian		geal. (various references)

German		Nachtigall. (various references)

Greek		αηδόνι. (various references)

Hawaiian		bilbil. (various references)

Hebrew		ֶמיר (Philomel). (various references)

Hungarian		fülemüle (bulbul). (various references)

Icelandic		næturgali. (various references)

Italian		Usignolo, usignuolo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		黄鳥 , 鴬 , ドレス店 (a patient's call button in a hospital, Don, Don Juan, donkey, don't mind, don't-know group, draw, draw ball, drawer, drawing, drawn game, drawnwork, dress store, dresser, dressing, dressing paper, dressing room, dressmaker, dressy, drone, drop, drop goal, drop handle, drop-kick, dropout, dungarees, dwarf, game under lights, knife, knife ridge, knight, naive, nervous, Niagara, nice, nice guy, nice middle, nice shot, Nigeria, night, night cream, night game, night hospital, night latch, night show, night spot, night table, nightcap, nightclub, nightdress, nightgown, nightmare, nightwear, Nike Hercules, Nile, Nile green, nurse, nurse bank, nurse call, nurse station, nursery, nursery tale, nylon latch, sunday, the firing of guns). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ナイチンゲール , うぐいす, �"うちょう (bird of passage, blush, favourable, flood tide, flush, hard tone, headmaster, high spirits, high tide, in good shape, migratory bird, offices of a public or governmental organization, principal, promising, satisfactory, surge). (various references)

Korean		나이팅게일. (various references)

Manx		ushag ny hoie, spittag oie, lhon bane, kiaulleyder oie (serenader), beeal bing. (various references)

Maya		kook. (various references)

Pig Latin		ightingalenay

Portuguese		rouxinol (night long, warbler). (various references)

Romanian		Privighetoare (Philomel). (various references)

Russian		Соловей. (various references)

Scottish		spideag (a delicate or slender creature). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		slavuj. (various references)

Spanish		ruiseñor. (various references)

Swedish		Näktergal. (various references)

Turkish		Bülbül (Philomel). (various references)

Turkmen		bilbil. (various references)

Ukranian		Соловей. (various references)

Welsh		eos. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Nightingale

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Ã¦don, Erithacus megarhynchos, lucinia, lucinius, Luscinia megarhynchos, RM:luschaina. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Nightingale

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nightingale": nightingales. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Nightingale" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Knightingale, Nighingale, nightengale, nightingdale, nightinggle, nightingle, nigtingale. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Nightingale"

Words rhyming with "nightingale" (pronounced 'Night"in*gale'): Farthingale, galingale, Loom-gale, Verdingale. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Nightingale

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-h-i-i-l-n-n-t"
	-1 letter: lightening.
	-2 letters: alighting, entailing, lightning.
	-3 letters: agenting, aliening, aligning, angeling, atheling, gantline, gelating, gentling, gleaning, glinting, inhaling, latening, legating, ligating, lighting, naething, negating, neighing, tangling, tingeing, tingling.
	-4 letters: alining, aneling, angling, aniline, anteing, antigen, atingle, eanling, elating, gahnite, gaining, gaiting, gelatin, genital, gentian, gingeli, hailing, halting, hanging, hanting, healing, heating, heiling, henting, hilting, hinging, hinting, intagli, lathing, leaning, lighten, lignite, nailing, nighing, nightie, nilghai, tailing, tanging, tinging.
	-5 letters: ageing, aiglet, ailing, alight, anilin, anting, eating, entail, gaeing, gannet, gating, gelant, gelati, genial, gentil, gieing, giglet, gingal, haeing, haggle, haling, halite, hantle, hating, hieing, higgle, ignite, ingate, inhale, innate, intine, leggin, length, ligate, lignin, linage, lining, linnet, lithia, niggle, nilgai, tahini, tangle, tenail, thenal, tieing, tiling, tineal, tingle, tining.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-h-i-i-l-n-n-t"
	+1 letter: nightingales.
	+2 letters: hemagglutinin.
	+3 letters: hemagglutinins.
	+5 letters: hemagglutinating, hemagglutination.
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