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Definition: Quetzal |
QuetzalNoun1. The basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos. 2. Large trogon of Central and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quetzal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonym: QuetzalSynonym: quetzal bird (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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P. antisianus P. auriceps P. fulgidus P. mocinno P. pavoninus Ref: ITIS 553589 | ||||||||||||
Although "quetzal" is used to name the all the species of the genus Pharomachrus, the word alone is often used to name one particular species, the Resplendent Quetzal (P. mocinno mocinno). There is also a subspecies, the Costa Rican Resplendent Quetzal, P. mocinno costaricensis.
Other quetzals include:
They have a mixed diet, consuming, for example, insects, fruit and frogs. the habitat is mountain forests. The quetzals lay two eggs in a tree hole nest.
The Resplendent Quetzal is an endangered species.
The bird plays a prominent role in the region's Pre-Columbian mythology and in modern legend. Ancient Mesoamerican kings and high priests wore headdresses of quetzal feathers. In several Mesoamerican languages, the term for quetzal can also mean precious or sacred.
See also Quetzalcoátl.
The Resplendent Quetzal has never been successfully bred or been held for any long time in captivity, and indeed is noted for usually dying soon after if captured or caged. For this reason it is considered a symbol of liberty.
An image of a Quetzal is on the flag and national seal of Guatemala.
One Guatemalan legend claims that the quetzal used to sing beautifully before the Spanish conquest, but has been silent ever since--but will sing once again when the land is truly free.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Quetzal (ISO 4217 code: GTQ) is the name of the national unit of currency of Guatemala (divided into 100 centavos).Until 1979 it was pegged to and domestically equal to the USA Dollar.
It is named after the national bird of Guatemala, the Quetzal.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Quetzal."
Crosswords: Quetzal |
| English words defined with "quetzal": Quesal. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Quetzal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (Guatemalan quetzal), Spanish (quetzal). |
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Economic History | El Salvador | All finished goods are shipped via Guatemala's Puerto San Tomas de Castilla or Puerto Quetzal, or via Honduras' Puerto Cortes, and trucked to El Salvador. (references) |
Guatemala | Thermal generators, such as the new coal-fired electricity generation plant installed on the pacific coast at Puerto Quetzal (Central Generadora Electrica San Jose LTD.), dominated the import market. (references) | |
Travel | Guatemala | Currency: The official currency unit is the Quetzal. (references) |
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| "Quetzal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Quetzal" is used about 7 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 (singular) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "quetzal": Guatemalan quetzal ♦ quetzal bird. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "quetzal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | quetzal (Guatemalan quetzal), underart af quetzal (Costa Rica quetzal, Mexican resplendent quetzal), GTQ (Guatemalan quetzal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | quetzal (Guatemalan quetzal), prachtquetzal (Mexican resplendent quetzal), GTQ (Guatemalan quetzal), Costa-Rica-quetzal (Costa Rica quetzal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | quetzal (Guatemalan quetzal), GTQ (Guatemalan quetzal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | quetzal magnifique (Mexican resplendent quetzal), quetzal de Costa Rica (Costa Rica quetzal), quetzal (Guatemalan quetzal), GTQ (Guatemalan quetzal, Guatemalan quetzal-ISO code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Quetzal (Guatemalan quetzal), Pracht-Quetzal (Mexican resplendent quetzal), GTQ (Guatemalan quetzal), Costa-Rica-Quetzal (Costa Rica quetzal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πολύχρωμο πτηνό τησ κεντρώασ αμερικήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szuruku. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | quetzal (Costa Rica quetzal, Guatemalan quetzal), GTQ (Guatemalan quetzal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etzalquay quetzal magnífico (Mexican resplendent quetzal), quetzal da Costa Rica (Costa Rica quetzal), quetzal (Guatemalan quetzal), GTQ (Guatemalan quetzal). (various references) кетцаль. (various references) narodni amblem i novac gvatemale, kvecal. (various references) quetzal (Guatemalan quetzal). (various references) quetzal (Guatemalan quetzal), GTQ (Guatemalan quetzal). (various references) кетсал. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Pharomachrus mocino costaricensis, Pharomachrus mocino mocino. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quetzal": quetzales, quetzals. (additional references) | |
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"Quetzal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: queazal, queta, quetz, quetzel, quezal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-q-t-u-z" | |
-1 letter: quezal. | |
-2 letters: equal, lutea, quale, quate. | |
-3 letters: late, laze, lute, lutz, tael, tale, teal, tela, tule, zeal, zeta. | |
-4 letters: ale, alt, ate, eat, eau, eta, lat, lea, let, leu, lez, qat, qua, tae, tau, tea, tel, uta. | |
-5 letters: ae, al, at, el, et, la, ta, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-q-t-u-z" | |
+1 letter: quetzals. | |
+2 letters: quetzales. | |
+4 letters: tranquilize. | |
+5 letters: equalization, tranquilized, tranquilizer, tranquilizes, tranquillize. | |
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