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There

Definition: There

There

Adverb

1. In or at that place; "they have lived there for years"; "it's not there"; "that man there".

2. In that matter; "I agree with you there".

3. To or toward that place; away from the speaker; "go there around noon!".

Noun

1. A location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there".

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

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

 

Synonyms: There

Synonyms: at that place (adv), in that location (adv), in that respect (adv), on that point (adv), thither (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: here (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: There

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

Presence

Adverb: here, there, where, everywhere, aboard, on board, at home, afield; here there and everywhere; (space); in presence of, before; under the eyes of, under the nose of; in the face of; in propria persona.

Situation

Adverb: in situ, in loco; here and there, passim; hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts; in place, here, there.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: There

English words defined with "there": here and there. (references)
Specialty definitions using "there": All there. (references)
Etymologies containing "there": Wood-sere. (references)

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Modern Usage: There

DomainUsage

Screenplays

And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

The world changes, we do not, there lies the irony that finally kills us. (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice)

There were other cries, too. Diffrent from those full with fear and lonelyness (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston)

There are things you know for sure (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

Lyrics

I hope 2 find her there gotta make some eye contact she's not the kind to stare (There She Goes; performing artist: Babyface)

And I wasn't there when you were happy (I'll Be There For You; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

There always be a place (There You'll Be; performing artist: Faith Hill)

He's never there, never all there (Never all there; performing artist: General Public)

There you go again, complanin' (There It Is; performing artist: Ginuwine)

Clever

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. (references; author: Mark Twain)

I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens. (references; author: Woody Allen)

Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus? (references; author: unknown)

Man who drive like hell bound to get there. (references; author: unknown)

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

I cannot bear to see a bear bear down upon a hare. When bare of hair he strips the hare, right there I cry, "Forbear! (references; author: unknown)

There are free fleas for all the loyal royalty. (references; author: unknown)

There goes one tough top cop! (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Getting There (2002)

Out There (2003)

Is There Sex After Marriage? (1974)

There Is No 13 (1974)

And Then There Were None (1974)

Song Titles

I'll Take You There (performing artist: General Public)

There It Is (performing artist: Ginuwine)

Hang On In There Baby (performing artist: Johnny Bristol)

Somewhere Out There (performing artist: Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram)

I'm Already There (performing artist: Lonestar)

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

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Commercial Usage: There

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Best Awful There Is (reference)

  • Osos Por Ahi/Bears Out There (reference)

  • Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear (reference)

  • Kleiner Eisbar, Komm Bald Wieder! Ahoy There Little Polar Bear (reference)

  • Tired of Arguing With Your Kids: Wisdom from Parents Who Have Been There (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

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

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Image Slideshow: There

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Photo Album: There

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The photo shows the procedure of photodynamic therapy. In this therapy, patients are injected with a light-activated drug called a photosensitizer which makes cells in their body sensitive to light. The drug is selectively retained by cancer cells as compared with normal tissue. Doctors then use fiber-optic probes to expose the cancer to laser light. This activates the photosensitizer and produces a toxic reaction that destroys the tumor without irreparably damaging the surrounding normal cells There is a close-up of just the hands. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

A female physician takes the blood pressure of a black woman patient. There is also a head shot of the patient. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Plasmodium species, mature schizont. Little cytoplasm is visible around the chromated masses of merozoites. Also there is a growing trophozoite and three presegmenters as well as one white blood cell. Malaria parasite. Credit: CDC.

The immature trophozoite (ring stage) of the P. malariae parasite has a sturdy cytoplasm. There is usually only one ring per cell with one large chromatin dot, but in this case there are two dots. Credit: CDC.

"Ellipsoid Pulsate" (movie) by Joe Seale. There is also a hi-res version. Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more info.

There are stars with planets. Stars with companion stars. Stars with pancake-shaped disks of ... Credit: NASA.

It's a very big universe out there, and an astronomer's work is never done when it comes to ... Credit: NASA.

Base camp for Mount Elbert observations The party got a reprieve as there was more funding to finish some Colorado work Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Turning in the government property when it looked like there were no more funds Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Pound net posts are taken over by osprey, who built their home there. Credit: America's Coastlines.

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: There
 

"Fire was there" by Janos Rusiczki
Commentary: "Those who made this made it very nicely..."
"Let there be light." by Elle Jiang
Commentary: "Sun breaking out at Virginia's battlegrounds."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: There

AuthorQuotation

Aesop

In union there is strength.

Francis Bacon

In charity there is no excess.

Gabriel Heatter

There is good news tonight.

George Leigh Mallory

Because it's there.

Gustave Flaubert

In art there is nothing without form.

Horace

There is measure in all things.

Robert Louis Stevenson

There is but one art, to omit.

Sophocles

For the dead there are no more toils.

William Shakespeare

In delay there lies no plenty.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: There

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

We will not for the future grant to anyone license to take an aid from his own free tenants, except to ransom his person, to make his eldest son a knight, and once to marry his eldest daughter; and on each of these occasions there shall be levied only a reasonable aid. (reference)

John Locke

1690

To which in the state of nature there are many things wanting. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-2038

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

Here and there the contest breaks out into riots. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

There will be established in the two ports free zones in conformity with Part XII (Ports, Waterways and Railways) of the present Treaty. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

There is enough for all. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

In this Court, there have been six cases involving the "separate but equal" doctrine in the field of public education. (reference)

John F. Kennedy

1961

United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: There

TitleAuthorQuote

Winnie the Pooh

A.A. Milne

The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there.

Emma

Austen, Jane

Had you witnessed my behaviour there, I can hardly suppose you would ever have thought well of me again

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

But there was something in her look which silenced him.

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Oh, he was early there.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Well, no, not married as such, but yes, there is a specific girl that I'm not married to.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

There is a sympathy that will make me conscious of him.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

There is nothing at all to fear on the side of the populace of the capital

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

It would be better to be in the studyhall than out there in the cold

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

At Crosby House, there shall you find us both

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: There

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Yes. There are two main types. (references)

How often the procedure is done there. (references)

If your health plan will cover your care there. (references)

Business

There around 18,000 hospitals in Mexico. (references)

Thus there are no privatization opportunities. (references)

At present there are 25 members in the committee. (references)

Children

Indonesia

Usually, they are taken outside the city and left there. (references)

Mauritania

Local NGO's estimate that there are more than 250 street children. (references)

Russia

Reportedly there are approximately 3,000 Afghan orphans in the country. (references)

Civil Liberties

Armenia

There is foreign language programming. (references)

Jordan

There currently are 25 licensed political parties. (references)

Indonesia

In Kalimantan, there were 60,777 displaced Madurese. (references)

Discrimination

Saudi Arabia

There is legal and systemic discrimination based on sex and religion. (references)

Congo

Ethnic and regional differences continued; however, there was no organized civil violence during the year. (references)

Namibia

Nujoma also declared that homosexuals would not be allowed to enter the country; however, there were no reports of such incidents. (references)

Economic History

Burkina Faso

In 2001, there are 80 volunteers. (references)

Spain

There is zero duty on medical devices. (references)

Turkey

In Turkey, there are 16 national TV channels. (references)

Human Rights

Nepal

Judges decide cases; there is no jury system. (references)

United Arab Emirates

The imam had not confessed and there were no witnesses. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

All charges were dropped in July, and there was no trial. (references)

Indigenous People

Ecuador

Protesters blocked roads throughout the country, and there were several violent confrontations. (references)

Argentina

The INAI estimates that there are approximately 700,000 indigenous persons, most of whom reside in rural areas. (references)

Dominica

Carib Indians over the age of 18 who reside there are eligible to vote for the Chief and eight members of the Council of Advisors. (references)

Minorities

Ghana

Seven people reportedly were injured; there were no arrests. (references)

Comoros

This campaign resulted in threats, but there were no reports of violence. (references)

Indonesia

The regional autonomy plan in Aceh recognizes Islamic law as the local law there. (references)

Political Economy

SWITZERLAND

It is highly unlikely that there are any exports. (references)

Uzbekistan

There is effective civilian control over the military. (references)

UKRAINE

Previously there had been 20 categories of excisable goods. (references)

Political Rights

Samoa

Matai are selected by family agreement; there is no age qualification. (references)

Colombia

The report also stated that there is 1 female governor and 75 female mayors. (references)

Haiti

Three of the 82 deputies are women, and there are 6 women among the 27 senators. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

To-date, there have been no equity issues. (references)

Mexico

For some products there is a lack of test laboratories. (references)

Zambia

Free Trade Zones/Warehouses: There are no free trade zones. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

In January 2001, there was an attempted coup. (references)

Colombia

Hotels: There is a wide variety of hotels in Colombia. (references)

Colombia

Taxis: There is taxi service available at all major hotels. (references)

Women

Syria

Rape is a felony; however, there are no laws against spousal rape. (references)

Afghanistan

In most regions, there was less than 1 physician per 10,000 persons. (references)

Cambodia

The NGO also estimated that there are up to 55,000 sex workers in the country. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

By year's end there had been no further progress. (references)

Monaco

Strikes are rare, and there were none during the year. (references)

Pakistan

As of year's end, there was no report on the return of the boys. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HASH, x. There is no definition for this word -- nobody knows what hash is.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: There

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Alexander Benedetto

William is lying there sleeping in the guest house there. We go back in. We sit down, watch a little TV, unwind a little bit, go to sleep.

Art Linkletter

Nope. I love the lecture platform. I love the question and answers. It's there. You're walking on a rope again.

Dennis Miller

Disparity among nations has been around forever, but only now is there a push to do something about it.

Jesse Ventura

Taxes were never raised on my watch. In four years, there was never a tax raise, they were all lowered.

Joe Esposito

Graceland. Place he always to bought it for his mother. That was very important to him. Beautiful place. Nice place. He loved being there.

Mary Tyler Moore

There are a few people like that, but I'm not one of them. I find it very difficult. But I'm never one to shirk a challenge.

Maureen O'Hara

First marriage was never consummated. I was married. I was pushed into it. I went from there to the boat for the United States of America.

Rush Limbaugh

So there you have it.

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

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Speeches: There

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797To enforce upon the Indians the observance of justice it is indispensable that there shall be competent means of rendering justice to them.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Besides those of colour, figure, and hair, there are other physical distinctions proving a difference of race.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Of course there are cases of individual hardship in retention of personnel in the service.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Thus across all the globe there harshly blow the winds of change.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969For every generation, there is a destiny.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Well, at last there is agreement that we can't spend ourselves rich.

George Bush

1989-1993Now let me start with my generation, with the grandparents out there.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Let our progress there not mask the peril that remains.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Deep in the American character, there is honor, and it is stronger than cynicism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: There

"There" is generally used as a -- approximately 73.01% of the time. "There" is used about 327,621 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
73.01%239,20646
Adverb (general)26.98%88,396103
                    Total100.00%327,621N/A

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

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Derived & Related Names: There

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "there".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
HinnomN/ABiblical

There they are

Jehovah-shammahN/ABiblical

The Lord is there

SamsonN/ABiblical

There the second time

ShamsheraiN/ABiblical

There a singer or conqueror

SamN/AEnglish

There the second time

SampsonN/AEnglish

There the second time

SansoneN/AItalian

There the second time

ShimshonN/AJewish

There the second time

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: There

Expressions using "there": across there all there along there and there the matter ended around there away over there back there be not all there be still there be there be there on the stroke carry there down there down there in the valley down to there for every action there is a reaction equal in force and opposite in direction from there from there on get there go there have no business there he is not all there here and there here there and everywhere he's all there how much there was to be seen! i dare say he'll be there if there was not in there is there ..? is there enough food to go round? is there room for me? is there room? is there smth. wrong with it? It is neither here nor there it's over there it's under there just there lead there let there be near there neither here nor there none of us was there not all there on the way there once upon a time there was once upon a time there was a king out there over there rush there sometimes here sometimes there take there that is neither here nor there that over there then and there there and back there appears to be there are there are no rooms left there being times when there goes the bell! there goes! there he goes! there he is! there in there is there is a fly in the ointment there is a limit there is a plane today to there is a rumor abroad there is a rumour abroad there is a snag there is a threat of a rain there is a threat of rain there is a time for everything there is an end of it! there is an end to everything there is every appearance that there is need for there is no there is no accounting for tastes there is no comparison there is no connection between there is no doubt about there is no doubt whatever there is no god but god there is no harm done there is no hurry there is no knowing there is no limit to his impudence there is no need there is no need for smth. there is no need to do smth. there is no objection there is no one like me there is no other there is no point in doing that there is no question about that there is no question of there is no reason to doubt his statement there is no room. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "there": There-anent, there-approach, there-but, there-fore, there-has, there-he, there-i, there-on, there-opening, there-room, there-set, there-was, there-would.

Ending with "there": always-there, barely-there, be-there, equipment-there, film-there, four-there, mahogany-there, marie-there, night-there, off-there, out-there, right-there, role-there, splendid-there, spot-there, stuff-there, this-there, thoroughly-there, Th-th-there, war-there, was-there, well-here-and-i-hope-you-are-well-there.

Containing "there": been-there-before, but-for-the-grace-of-bevan-there-go-i, got-there-first, if-you-get-there-before-me-go-in-and-get-on-with-something, was-there-a-mr-qualtrough, was-there-something-else.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: There

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
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

there

487

im already there

67

right there

294

from man nantucket once there

64

there you ll be

257

faith hill there you ll be

64

i ll be there

255

already i lone lyrics m star there

62

i m already there

210

lyrics there

62

can implementation md5 there

201

wedding song there is love

59

somewhere out there

195

1933 eyes song there

58

i ll lyrics there

176

lyrics there there

57

lyrics somewhere there

176

box car lyrics racer there

55

there there

153

there you go

54

there virtually

141

is there a god

54

barely there

140

lyrics right there

53

lyrics radiohead there there

135

love is all there is

53

out there

94

being there

49

radiohead there there

81

already i lyrics m there

48

there she goes

77

take me there

48

ll lyrics there

76

barely there bra

48

get there

68

faith hill ll lyrics there

47

where there is a will there is an a

67

ill lyrics there

45

and then there were none

67

let there be peace on earth

43
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: There

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

Afrikaans

  

daar (at, at that place, over there, yon, yonder). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

aty (at that place, over there, therein, thither, thitherward, yon, yonder), atje (at that place, over there, thither, yon, yonder). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

ثمة (there is), ‏يوجد هنا, ‏هناك (thither, yon, yonder), ‏هنالك (there is, yon, yonder), ‏هذا (it, such, that, this), ‏بهناك. (various references)

   

Basque

  

han. (various references)

   

Breton

  

n'eus (there is not). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

тук (here, herein, round), там (thereabout, thereabouts, thereat, therein), по този въпрос (here), по този пункт (here). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

hi. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

那里 (Where), 那裡 (that place), 那兒 (where). (various references)

   

Croatian

  

tamo. (various references)

   

Czech

  

tam (along there, in that place, therein, thither). (various references)

   

Danish

  

did (that way, thither, yonder), derhen (that way, thither, yonder), der (which). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

er (at that place, it, no translation, over there, untranslated, yon, yonder), daar (as, at that place, because, for, for the reason that, it, over there, since, yon, yonder), ginds (at that place, over there, yon, yonder), daarginds (at that place, over there, yon, yonder), aldaar (at that place, over there, yon, yonder). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

tie (over there, yonder). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

har (at that place, over there, yon, yonder), hagar (that way, thither, yonder). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

انجا (Thither, Yonder), ان مکان , دراین موضوع , دراین جا, درانجا (Therein), به انجا (Thither), بدانجا. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sinne (that way, thither, yonder), siellä (at that place, over there, yon, yonder). (various references)

   

Flemish

  

er, daar. (various references)

   

French

  

y (at that place, over there), (at that place, over there, thither). (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

y, n'y. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

er (at that place, he, over there, yon, yonder), dêre (at that place, over there, yon, yonder), dêr (at that place, over there, yon, yonder). (various references)

   

Galician

  

alá. (various references)

   

German

  

dorthin (that way, thither, yonder), dort (at that place, over there, therein, yon, yonder), da (as, at that, at that place, because, behold, for, for the reason that, here, here are, here is, here you are, in, inasmuch as, look, over there, since, so, that, then, to that, yon, yonder), dahin (away, gone, here, over, that way, then, thither, yonder). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εκεί (on site, thereto). (various references)

   

Guarani

  

upépe. (various references)

   

Haitian Creole

  

gen (get, have, there is). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

aty (at that place, over there, yon, yonder), atje (at that place, over there, yon, yonder), andej (that way, thither, yonder). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

להלן (afterwards, as follows, below, following), שמה (desolation, destruction, devastation, thither), שם (denomination, name, noun, reputation, repute, thither, title, yonder). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ott (at that place, on the spot, over there, over yonder, thereat, yon, yonder), oda (at that place, hark at him!, over there, thither, up, yon, yonder), amott (over there, yon, yonder). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

þarna, þar (at that place, over there, yon, yonder), þangað (that way, there/to there, thither, yonder). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sana, disana. (various references)

   

Irish

  

ansin (then). (various references)

   

Italian

  

(at, at that place, over there, that, that one, that way, the, thither, yon, yonder), vi (to you, to you all, ye, you, you all, yourself, yourselves), (thither, yonder), ci (c, it, ourselves, to us, us). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

彼方 (that, the other, the other side, yonder), 彼処 (genitals, over there, that place, yonder), 彼の地 (that place), 其処 (that place). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そこ (bottom, sole, that place), かなた (that, the other, the other side, yonder), かしこ (genitals, over there, that place, yonder), かのち (that place), あすこ (genitals, over there, that place, yonder), あなた (dear, lady, that, the other, the other side, yonder, you), あそこ (genitals, over there, that place, yonder), あちら (that, yonder). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

거기서. (various references)

   

Luganda

  

awo. (various references)

   

Luxembourgish

  

do. (various references)

   

Malagasy

  

teo, tao, eo, ao. (various references)

   

Manx

  

er hen, ayns shid, ayns shen (therein, whereinto).