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| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | A swinging gate provided on open ditches, when fences must cross them to serve as a passage for livestock. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Water GateSynonyms: floodgate (n), head gate (n), penstock (n), sluice valve (n), sluicegate (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conduit | Noun: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe. (tube); funnel; tunnel. (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | St. Cyril (Kirill)-Belozersk Monastery, Church of the Transfiguration over the Water Gate (1595), interior, view east with icon screen, Kirillov, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "water gate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shluzë (canal lock, floodgates, gate, sluice), portë (door, entry, exit, gate, gateway, lock, portal, threshold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسرب الفيضان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stavidlo (floodgate, sluice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bevaegelig barriere tvaers over en groeft (flood gate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | landhek (flood gate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sulkuportti (lockgate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | barrière mobile en travers d'un fossé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wasserschranke (flood gate), bewegliches Gatter (flood gate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινητή εγκαρσία εσχάρα εντός τάφρου (flood gate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zsilipkapu (lock gate, sluice gate, sluice-valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 水門 (flood gate, sluice gate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すいもん (flood gate, sluice gate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cooylley ushtey (floodgate, lock gate, water valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aterway ategay comporta (Bibb, clow, flooding, gate, hatch, lock, lock gate, penstock, sluice, sluicegate, stopper, tide-gate). (various references) затвор (bibb, bolt, breech-block, gate, hatch, paddle, penstock, plug, seal, shutter). (various references) brana (barrage, dam, groyne, jetty, lock, penstock, pike, preserve, weir). (various references) barrera de zanja (flood gate). (various references) svängbar grind över dike (flood gate), slussport (clow, lock gate, penstock, sluice gate, sluice-gate), dammlucka (floodgate, sluice). (various references) затвор шлюза. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Nehemiah Chapter 3, Verse 26 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nathinnei autem habitabant in Ofel usque contra portam Aquarum ad orientem et turrem quae prominebat |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Moreover, the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, to the place over against the water-gate towards the east, and the projecting tower. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | (Now the Nethinim were living in the Ophel, as far as the place facing the water doorway to the east, and the tower which comes out.) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Nehemiah Chapter 3, Verse 26 |
| Chinese | （ 尼 提 寧 住 在 俄 斐 勒 、 直 到 朝 東 水 門 的 對 面 、 和 凸 出 來 的 城 樓 。 ） |
| Croatian | sve do Vodenih vrata, u smjeru istoka, i sve do pred Uzdignutu kulu. |
| Danish | til Stedet ud for Vandporten mod Øst og det fremspringende Tårn. |
| Dutch | De Nethinim nu, die in Ofel woonden, tot tegenover de Waterpoort aan het oosten, en den uitstekenden toren. |
| Finnish | - temppelipalvelijat asuivat Oofelilla - itäisen Vesiportin ja ulkonevan tornin kohdalta. |
| French | Les Néthiniens demeurant sur la colline travaillèrent jusque vis-à-vis de la porte des eaux, à l`orient, et de la tour en saillie. |
| German | Die Tempelknechte aber wohnten am Ophel bis an das Wassertor gegen Morgen, da der Turm heraussieht. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan lagi segala Netinim, yang duduk di Ofel, sampai tentang pintu Air yang pada sebelah timur dan sampai kepada menara yang menganjur. |
| Maori | A i noho nga Netinimi ki Opere, a tae noa ki te ritenga atu o te kuwaha wai, whaka te rawhiti, ki te pourewa ano hoki e uaki ana ki waho. |
| Norwegian | - Tempeltjenerne bodde på Ofel, til plassen midt imot Vannporten mot øst og det fremspringende tårn - . |
| Rumanian | Slujitorii Templului, cari locuiesc pe deal, au lucrat pknq kn dreptul poryii apelor, la rqsqrit, wi pknq kn dreptul turnului care iese kn afarq. |
| Spanish | con los servidores del templo que vivían en el Ofel, hasta el frente de la puerta de las Aguas, al oriente, y hasta la torre que sobresalía. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-g-r-t-t-w" | |
-1 letter: waterage. | |
-2 letters: regatta, teaware, wattage. | |
-3 letters: aerate, ergate, getter, target, watter, wetter. | |
-4 letters: agate, agree, areae, arete, attar, aware, eager, eagre, eater, egret, grate, great, greet, ragee, reata, retag, rewet, targe, tatar, tater, tawer, terga, tetra, treat, tweet, wager, water. | |
-5 letters: agar, agee, ager, area, awee, eger, ewer, gate, gear, geta, grat, gree, grew, raga. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 74 65 72 47 61 74 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000111 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a t e r   G a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 0074 0065 0072 0047 0061 0074 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5767867184241678671 |
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