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Valiancy

Definition: Valiancy

Valiancy

Noun

1. The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor".

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

Date "valiancy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references)

Synonyms: Valiancy

Synonyms: gallantry (n), heroism (n), valiance (n), valor (n), valorousness (n), valour (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Valiancy

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

Albanian

  

trimëri (belligerency, bravery, daring, gallantry, hardihood, hardiness, intrepidity, stoutness, valor, valour). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

храброст (bravery, gallantry, spirit, valor, valour). (various references)

   

Czech

  

udatnost (bravery, gallantry, valor, valour), stateènost (fortitude, gallantry, grit, prowess, stoutness, virtue). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γενναιότησ (braveness, courageousness, gallantry, generousness, pluck, stoutness, valor, valorousness, valour), γενναιότητα (braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, fortitude, gallantry, generousness, pluck, prowess, stoutness, valor, valorousness, valour). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vitézség (gallantry, heroism, prowess, valor, valour). (various references)

   

Italian

  

coraggio (bravery, courage, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, manliness, mettle, nerve, pluck, stoutness, valor, valour). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aliancyvay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

valor (account, amount, chalk, grade, importance, investment in securities, man hour, merit, point, prowess, purchase, quality, rating, security, stock, valuation, value, virtue, worth), valentia (bravery, Doughty, force, gallantry, manganese, prowess, valor, valour), bravura (bravery, chivalry, courage, derring-do, exploit, gallantry, valor, valour). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

храбрость (balls, bravery, courage, valiance). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

perika iz 17-og veka. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

valiancia. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

хоробрість (bravery, courage, gallantry, spunk, valiance). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

lòng can đảm h nh động dũng cảm. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Valiancy

Misspellings

"Valiancy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aliency, Ballinaby, variancy. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Valiancy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-v-y"

-2 letters: vainly.

-3 letters: aliya, anvil, avail, avian, canal, cavil, clavi, inlay, lanai, liana, linac, naval, nival, nyala, vinal, vinca, vinyl.

-4 letters: acyl, alan, anal, anil, ayin, cain, cavy, clan, clay, cyan, inly, lacy, laic, lain, lava, liny, nail, navy, vail, vain, vial, vina, viny.

-5 letters: aal, ail, ain, ala, ana, ani, any, ava, can, cay, icy, ivy, lac, lav, lay, lin, nay, nil, vac, van, via, yin.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-v-y"
 

+3 letters: clairvoyant.

 

+4 letters: avuncularity, clairvoyance, clairvoyants, galvanically, vocationally, volcanically.

 

+5 letters: avocationally, clairvoyances, clairvoyantly, evangelically, vacillatingly.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Valiancy


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

56 61 6C 69 61 6E 63 79

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)

01010110 01100001 01101100 01101001 01100001 01101110 01100011 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#97 &#108 &#105 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0061 006C 0069 0061 006E 0063 0079

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

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

5667787567806991

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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