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Definition: Sunset |
SunsetAdjective1. Of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries". 2. Providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision". Noun1. The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon. 2. Atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun. 3. The daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sunset" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | The crossing of the visible horizon by the upper limb of the descending sun. (references) |
Finance | Termination of an entity or activity at the end of a stated period of time. (references) |
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Larger version Sunset, also called sundown in some American English dialects, is the time at which the Sun disappears below the horizon. It should not be confused with dusk, which is the (variously defined) point at which darkness falls (some time after the Sun itself sets).
As sunrise and sunset are calculated from the leading and trailing edges of the Sun, and not the center; this slightly increases the duration of "day" relative to "night".
The red-hued sky at sunset is explained by the phenomenon of Rayleigh scattering.
sunclipse is a term, according to Allegra Fuller Snyder, collectively coined by Buckminster Fuller's family and used to express the last sighting of the sun in the evening. As the sun actually neither rises nor sets, the terms "sunrise" and "sunset" were anathema to Fuller. The term used to replace "sunrise" is sunsight.
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Sunset is a city located in Crittenden County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 348.Geography
Sunset is located at 35°13'18" North, 90°12'18" West (35.221540, -90.204965)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 348 people, 135 households, and 85 families residing in the city. The population density is 639.8/km² (1,676.8/mi²). There are 156 housing units at an average density of 286.8/km² (751.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 4.89% White, 91.09% Black or African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.87% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. 4.02% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 135 households out of which 26.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 22.2% are married couples living together, 34.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% are non-families. 33.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.58 and the average family size is 3.35. In the city the population is spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $17,788, and the median income for a family is $17,250. Males have a median income of $21,750 versus $20,625 for females. The per capita income for the city is $7,766. 49.9% of the population and 44.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 79.6% are under the age of 18 and 27.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sunset, Arkansas."
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Sunset is a town located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 17,150.Geography
Sunset is located at 25°42'21" North, 80°21'23" West (25.705820, -80.356296)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.2 km² (3.6 mi²). 9.2 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.28% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 17,150 people, 5,488 households, and 4,505 families residing in the town. The population density is 1,860.0/km² (4,820.6/mi²). There are 5,608 housing units at an average density of 608.2/km² (1,576.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 91.24% White, 1.51% African American, 0.11% Native American, 2.45% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.49% from other races, and 2.20% from two or more races. 69.69% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 5,488 households out of which 36.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% are married couples living together, 14.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 17.9% are non-families. 12.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.10 and the average family size is 3.38. In the town the population is spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.4 males. The median income for a household in the town is $58,903, and the median income for a family is $66,422. Males have a median income of $39,893 versus $31,234 for females. The per capita income for the town is $23,735. 7.1% of the population and 5.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.9% are under the age of 18 and 8.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sunset, Florida."
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Sunset is a town located in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,352.Geography
Sunset is located at 30°24'30" North, 92°3'58" West (30.408456, -92.066132)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.1 km² (3.1 mi²). 8.1 km² (3.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.96% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,352 people, 885 households, and 638 families residing in the town. The population density is 292.0/km² (756.1/mi²). There are 974 housing units at an average density of 120.9/km² (313.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 46.47% White, 52.38% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other races, and 0.51% from two or more races. 1.06% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 885 households out of which 38.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% are married couples living together, 24.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% are non-families. 24.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.66 and the average family size is 3.17. In the town the population is spread out with 31.9% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $22,384, and the median income for a family is $29,559. Males have a median income of $29,405 versus $16,838 for females. The per capita income for the town is $12,642. 33.1% of the population and 28.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 43.5% are under the age of 18 and 24.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sunset, Louisiana."
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Sunset is a city located in Montague County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 339.Geography
Sunset is located at 33°27'14" North, 97°46'0" West (33.453823, -97.766724)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 km² (1.1 mi²). 2.7 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 339 people, 133 households, and 90 families residing in the city. The population density is 123.5/km² (318.8/mi²). There are 151 housing units at an average density of 55.0/km² (142.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.28% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 1.18% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.47% from other races, and 2.06% from two or more races. 3.24% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 133 households out of which 36.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% are married couples living together, 8.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% are non-families. 28.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.55 and the average family size is 3.15. In the city the population is spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.4 males. The median income for a household in the city is $24,886, and the median income for a family is $29,643. Males have a median income of $26,875 versus $17,083 for females. The per capita income for the city is $11,304. 16.5% of the population and 17.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 26.4% are under the age of 18 and 4.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sunset, Texas."
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Sunset is a city located in Davis County, Utah. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,204.Geography
Sunset is located at 41°8'26" North, 112°1'47" West (41.140544, -112.029665)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.8 km² (1.5 mi²). 3.8 km² (1.5 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 5,204 people, 1,785 households, and 1,435 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,366.9/km² (3,532.3/mi²). There are 1,832 housing units at an average density of 481.2/km² (1,243.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 86.88% White, 1.56% African American, 0.92% Native American, 2.75% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 4.73% from other races, and 3.02% from two or more races. 10.51% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,785 households out of which 40.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.6% are married couples living together, 13.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 19.6% are non-families. 15.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.92 and the average family size is 3.24. In the city the population is spread out with 30.4% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 29 years. For every 100 females there are 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 99.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $41,726, and the median income for a family is $44,458. Males have a median income of $30,423 versus $23,262 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,078. 7.8% of the population and 7.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.5% are under the age of 18 and 1.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sunset, Utah."
Synonyms: SunsetSynonyms: sunset(a) (adj), sundown (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: dawn (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evening | Noun: evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun,Noun: evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun, cock- shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime. |
Lateness | Adverb: late; lateward, backward; late in the day; at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last; ultimately; after time, behind time, after the deadline; too late; too late for. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sunset |
| English words defined with "sunset": Acronychal, afterglow, After-glow, Ave Mary ♦ Civil day ♦ dark, day, daylight, daytime, dusk ♦ evenfall, evening star ♦ fall, flame, Four-o'clock ♦ gloaming ♦ Hesperus ♦ Jewish day ♦ night, nightfall, nighttime ♦ retreat ♦ Serein, Sunglow, Sunset shell ♦ twilight ♦ Upsun ♦ Vesper ♦ zodiacal light. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sunset": Barium release, BORCAL ♦ Curfew Bell ♦ daylight control ♦ green flash ♦ Hawkubites ♦ light valve ♦ Marybuds, Mistress of the Night, Moakkibat ♦ Popcorn Convection, Presentable ♦ ram-a-dhan, ramazan, Rough Music ♦ solar valve, Spectre of the Brocken, Sun, sun relay, sun switch, sun valve. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | At sunset we made love like sea otters (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) This time John Wayne does not walk off into the sunset with Grace Kelly (Die Hard; writing credit: Jeb Stuart) They talk to me, some times we stop and watch the sunset, and look at the birds fly. And sometimes we stop and watch the bird when there aint no birds (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;) If there had been, I assure you, I would have slapped your bottom goodbye and rode right off into the sunset! (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason) The car's shadow's going the wrong way, the steering wheel's on the wrong side, there's no brake pedal, the words in the mirror should be backwards, the man's watch wouldn't say twelve o'clock if he was looking at a sunset, and I have red paint on my ass. That's right -- red paint all over my ass (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) | |
Lyrics | Did you notice the sunset for the first time in ages, (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson) Never fading with the sunset (Candle In The Wind 1997; performing artist: Elton John) Ride me off into the sunset (This Kiss; performing artist: Faith Hill) Rollin' sunset woman with a bottle of Becks (Cowboy; performing artist: KID ROCK) And tenderly, oh, yeah, from sunrise to sunset (I've Got Love On My Mind; performing artist: NATALIE COLE; writing credit: Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Imperial Sunset (1967) Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) 77 Sunset Strip (1958) Partners of the Sunset (1948) Sunset Carson Rides Again (1948) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown is the exterior of the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) taken from the west. On some shots has the glow from the sunset on the tower of the hospital. Credit: Bill Branson (Photographer). |  | Seattle at sunset, from top of Space Needle. Mt. Rainier in distance. Volcano. Credit: CDC. |
 | Spray in the sunset at Soquel Point The local name for Soquel Point is Pleasure Point. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Southeast coastal area of the United States at sunset. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Survey launch on FAIRWEATHER at sunset while anchored in Wide Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Sunset in Gulf of Mexico. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Sunset in the Inside Passage. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | An Alaskan sunset. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Sunset with tops of lighted buoys silhouetted during Gulf Stream eddy studies. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Sunset over Miami as seen from the ground. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
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| "Sunset" by Alexandre Mendes Commentary: "Sunset at beach (Caparica, Portugal)." | "Sunset" by Ashley Roberts Commentary: "Sunset hovering some (small) trees on Vancouver Island." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ann Landers | Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset. |
George Macdonald | How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset. |
Horace Mann | Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever. |
| LOST. Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever. | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The sunset is lovely, is it not |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I stayed till sunset, but humbly desired his Highness to excuse me for not accepting his invitation of lodging in the palace |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Belgium | In general, sunset industries (mainly coal and steel) dominate in Wallonia and sunrise industries (chemicals, high-tech, and services) in Flanders. (references) |
Political Rights | India | In Assam's state assembly elections in May, the state government advised candidates not to campaign after sunset due to unrest. (references) |
Travel | Maldives | Air taxis stop flying one hour before sunset. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place. In Boorioboola-Gha a man is presentable on occasions of ceremony if he have his abdomen painted a bright blue and wear a cow's tail; in New York he may, if it please him, omit the paint, but after sunset he must wear two tails made of the wool of a sheep and dyed black. |
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| "Sunset" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.23% of the time. "Sunset" is used about 565 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) | 98.23% | 555 | 11,253 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.77% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 565 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Sunset, AR (town, FIPS 68060) 2. Sunset, FL (CDP, FIPS 69812) 3. Sunset, LA (town, FIPS 74060) 4. Sunset, ME 5. Sunset, SC 6. Sunset, TX 7. Sunset, UT (city, FIPS 74480) |
Expressions using "sunset": at sunset ♦ stormy sunset ♦ Sunset Beach ♦ Sunset Hills ♦ sunset of life ♦ sunset shell ♦ Sunset Valley. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sunset": sunset-citizens, sunset-defying, sunset-gold, sunset-lit. | |
Ending with "sunset": post-sunset. | |
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| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sunset | 12,877 | background sunset | 90 |
art sunset | 1,735 | sunset mortgage | 89 |
sunset magazine | 1,205 | sunset beach resort | 88 |
sunset beach | 1,095 | sunset beach resort spa | 88 |
sunset thomas | 805 | hawaiian sunset | 78 |
1300 angeles blvd los map sunset | 709 | drive in sunset | 69 |
sunset picture | 651 | beach sunset picture | 69 |
sunset beach north carolina | 649 | sunset inn | 67 |
sunrise sunset | 359 | sunset beach ca | 65 |
sunset photo | 218 | royal sunset cancun | 62 |
sunset times | 215 | place sunset | 61 |
sunset wallpaper | 203 | cottage sunset | 60 |
sunset station | 201 | 77 sunset strip | 60 |
sunrise sunset times | 167 | maui sunset | 59 |
sunset boulevard | 154 | sunset blvd | 58 |
sunset time | 137 | room sunset | 55 |
pic sunset | 100 | sunset station casino | 53 |
sunset strip | 96 | pueblo bonito sunset beach | 52 |
ford sunset | 92 | kahana sunset | 51 |
aston waikiki sunset | 91 | sunset book | 49 |
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| Language | Translations for "sunset"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | perëndim dielli (sundown), muzg (afterglow, dark, dusk, duskiness, gloaming, nightfall, owl-light, shadow, twilight). (various references) | |
Arabic | المغيب (grass widower), الغروب (night, nightfall, sundown), أفول, شيخوخة (aging, caducity, old age, senility). (various references) | |
Asturian | atardecerín. (various references) | |
Aymara | intijalanta. (various references) | |
Basque | ilunabar (nightfall). (various references) | |
Bemba | akasuba ukuwa. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | otahkoomaiksistoyi (to be sunset). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | залез слънце (sundown), залез (decline, ebb, eclipse, set, setting, twilight). (various references) | |
Cebuano | pagsalop sa adlaw. (various references) | |
Chamorro | minachom atdao. (various references) | |
Chinese | 日落 (sundown). (various references) | |
Cornish | howlsedhas. (various references) | |
Czech | západ slunce (sundown, sun-down). (various references) | |
Danish | solnedgang. (various references) | |
Dutch | zonsondergang. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | inti huashacuna. (various references) | |
Esperanto | sunsubiro. (various references) | |
Faeroese | sólsetur. (various references) | |
Farsi | مغرب (Occident, West), غروب افتاب , افول (Cadence, Wane). (various references) | |
Finnish | auringon-lasku (sundown). (various references) | |
French | vieillesse, coucher du soleil, coucher (sundown). (various references) | |
Frisian | sinne-ondergong, sinne-ûndergong. (various references) | |
German | Sonnenuntergang (sundown), Sonnenstand, Abendrot. (various references) | |
Greek | ηλιοβασίλεμα, δύση ηλίου (sundown), δύση ήλιου, δύση του ήλιου. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שקיעת השמש, עת זקנה, עריבה (dusk, nightfall), הערב שמש, ביאת השמש. (various references) | |
Hungarian | naplemente (sundown), alkony (dusk, nightfall, twilight). (various references) | |
Indonesian | matahari terbenam. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | siqiniq kataliqtilugu. (various references) | |
Italian | tramonto (decline, fading, setting, sundown). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 晩照 (setting sun), 暮れ (end, nightfall, year end), 日暮れ (dusk, evening, twilight), 日没 , 日の入り , 入相 , 入り相 , 夕焼け , サンケア指数 (belt, carefree, Saint-Simonism, San Diego, sand, sandal, sandwich, sandwich man, Sankei Sports, Sanskrit, sans-souci, Santa Clara, Santa Claus, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Maria, soundtrack, sun deck, sun protection index, sundae, sunshade, sunshine, suntan, suntan oil, Suntory, Suntory Hall, syndicalism, syndicalist, thunder, thunderbird). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くれ (end, nightfall, year end), ひぐれ (dusk, evening, twilight), ひのいり, ばんしょう (all creation, all nature, all obstacles, all the universe, evening bell, Guinea pepper, setting sun), にちぼつ, いりあい (common), ゆうやけ, サンセット . (various references) | |
Korean | 일몰. (various references) | |
Macedonian | zajdisonce. (various references) | |
Manx | lhie ny greiney, goll-fo ny greiney. (various references) | |
Maya | ee'-same'enil. (various references) | |
Norwegian | solnedgang. (various references) | |
Occitan | calabrun (nightfall). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | unsetsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | por do sol, por de sol, pôrdosol, pôr do sol (sundown), ocaso (sinking, west). (various references) | |
Provencal | colcar del solelh. (various references) | |
Quechua | inti-yaykuna. (various references) | |
Romanian | declin (anticlimax, consenescence, decay, declension, declination, decline, descent, downhill, ebb, fall, falling off, let down, regress, wane), asfinţit (crepuscule, decline, setting, twilight, West), apus de soare (sundown), apus (bygone, decline, disappearance, faded, lapsed, occident, setting, vanished, West), amurg (afterglow, candlelight, crepuscule, decline, dusk, gloaming, nightfall, twilight). (various references) | |
Ruanda | izuba rirenze. (various references) | |
Russian | заход солнца (setting). (various references) | |
Samoan | goto le la. (various references) | |
Sepedi | phirimane. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zalazak sunca (setting, sundown). (various references) | |
Spanish | puesta del sol (sundown), ocaso (decline, twilight). (various references) | |
Swedish | solnedgång (sundown). (various references) | |
Turkish | son (afterbirth, bedrock, close, conclusion, conclusive, curtains, definitive, denouement, end, ending, expiration, expiry, extremity, farewell, fate, final, finis, finish, finishing, full, full stop, issue, kiss off, last, late, latest, latter, nth, Omega, outcome, quietus, recent, result, ruination, secundine, supreme, tail end, terminal, termination, ultimate, upshot), gurup (sundown), güneşin batışı (sundown, the set of the day), gün batımı (sundown), çöküş (breakup, collapse, decadence, decay, decline, descent, downfall, fall, ruins, smash up, twilight). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gьnьс яaюmagy. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вечірня зоря (vesper), захід сонця (sundown), занепад (anticlimax, blight, chute, decadence, decadency, decay, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, depression, down grade, nadir, waste, wasting). (various references) | |
Welsh | machlud haul. (various references) | |
Yucatec | bin ka aak'abtal. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | uzu. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | occasus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sunset": sunsets. (additional references) | |
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"Sunset" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: munset, nusselt, sendeth, Shungsep, sonst, sunent, synset. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sunset" (pronounced su"nse't) |
| 4 | -n s e' t | inset, onset. |
| 3 | -s e' t | asset, avocet, backset, handset, headset, heavyset, mindset, outset, Somerset, subset, typeset, videocassette. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: unsets. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: nests, stuns, suets, tunes, unset. | |
-2 letters: ness, nest, nets, nuts, sent, sets, stun, sues, suet, suns, tens, tune, tuns, uses. | |
-3 letters: ens, ess, net, nus, nut, sen, set, sue, sun, ten, tun, uns, use, uts. | |
-4 letters: en, es, et, ne, nu, un, us, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: subnets, sunkets, sunsets, tonuses, unrests, unseats, unsteps. | |
+2 letters: anestrus, contuses, countess, curtness, cuteness, encrusts, enthuses, entrusts, huntress, inquests, justness, mistunes, munsters, muteness, netsukes, neustons, nutcases, nutsiest, punsters, saunters, sequents, shunters, sinuates, snuggest, soundest, soutanes, sternums, stoutens, students, stunners, subrents, subteens, subtends, subtones, sunbelts, sunniest, sunstone, tautness, tenesmus, tonsures, trueness, tuneless, unstates, unsteels, unstress, unwisest, utensils. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Cities 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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