Isle

  

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Isle

Definition: Isle

Isle

Noun

1. A small island.

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

Date "isle" was first used: sometime around 1225. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Isle, Minnesota

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Isle is a city located in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 707.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.6 km² (2.5 mi²). 5.4 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 17.32% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 707 people, 323 households, and 198 families residing in the city. The population density is 130.0/km² (336.0/mi²). There are 414 housing units at an average density of 76.1/km² (196.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 87.13% White, 0.00% African American, 11.74% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races. 0.42% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 323 households out of which 23.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% are married couples living together, 10.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.4% are non-families. 35.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 21.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.19 and the average family size is 2.81. In the city the population is spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 24.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.1 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,375, and the median income for a family is $37,250. Males have a median income of $27,083 versus $21,731 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,609. 5.6% of the population and 3.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.8% are under the age of 18 and 9.4% 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 "Isle, Minnesota."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Isle

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

ISLE

EnglishInstitute of Sociology of Law for EuropeLaw, Social Sciences

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

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Synonym: Isle

Synonym: islet (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Isle

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

Island

Noun: island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker; archipelago; islander.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Isle

English words defined with "isle": Ait, AtlanteanDeemsterGaelIleLemnian, LimbatManks, Manx, Manx cat, Manx shearwaterParian chronicle, Portland stone, Purbeck stoneSheading, Skerry, Solentthe SolentYle. (references)
Specialty definitions using "isle": Albion the GiantBlind Department, Blind old Man of Scio's rocky IsleCalypso's IsleForgive, blest Shade, Friar TuckGarviesHoly Isle, Hypocrites' IsleIsle of Dogs, Isle of Lanterns, Isle of MistKeysLong WordsMauthe Dog, Morgue la Faye, Mourne herringPATRICK, Pentapolin, Portland limestoneRailways, Rolandseck TowerSacred Isle, Sancho Panza, Sea-girt Isle, SKY FARMERS, Skye, Speaking HeadsUllinWall, Water Tasting like WineYumboes. (references)
Etymologies containing "isle": Yle. (references)

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Modern Usage: Isle

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We haven't been down this isle, it's pink (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter)

Or I will teach you that a daughter of the holy isle is a servant of no man. (The Mists of Avalon; writing credit: Marion Zimmer Bradley; Gavin Scott)

I am the official sentry of the Isle of Misfit toys (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; writing credit: Robert May; Romeo Muller)

Movie/TV Titles

Isle of Love (1974)

Garden Isle (1973)

Isle of Caprice (1969)

The Isle Is Full of Noise (1967)

Treasure Isle (1967)

Song Titles

Isle Thing (performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic)

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

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Commercial Usage: Isle

DomainTitle

References

  • Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • A Strategic Profile of Isle of Man, 2000 edition (reference)

  • The 2001 Isle of Man Economic and Product Market Databook (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Jimi Hendrix - Blue Wild Angel (Live at the Isle of Wight) (reference)

  • Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival (reference)

  • The Who - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (reference)

  • Grand Isle (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

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

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Image Slideshow: Isle

Photos:
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Photo Album: Isle

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Signal at Isle Chandeleur Party off of BACHE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Father and son fishing off the Isle of Palms Causeway. Credit: Fisheries.

Casting net for bait mullet off the Isle of Palms Causeway. Credit: Fisheries.

At the bottom of the crater on the Isle of Corvo, Azores. Plate VII, print 8. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Isle Royale National Park. Credit: NPS.

U.S. Army Air Force. Debarkation Hospital, Presque Isle, Maine : Aerial view. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Aground on the Isle of Wight, circa 1 February 1919. She was stranded while en route to Southampton, England, during post-World War I transport operations. In the distance is the British troopship Empress Queen, which was also aground. Credit: NAVY.

Stranded on Bembridge Ledge, Isle of Wight, circa early February 1919. She had gone aground while en route to Southampton, England, during post-World War I transport operations, and was later refloated and returned to service. Credit: NAVY.

Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle. Credit: Library of Congress.

Richmond, Va. Railroad bridge and Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works on Belle Isle. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: Isle
 

"Newtown Creek" by Mike Ambrose
Commentary: "Newtown Creek ,Isle of Wight."
"Resistance" by Marc Habermacher
Commentary: "Forest fire 2003 on isle Hvar, Croatia."

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

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Familiar Quotations: Isle

AuthorQuotation

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Isle

SubjectTopicQuote

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

WALL :STREET:, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter. Carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call To battle: "The brokers are parasites all!" Carnegie, Carnegie, you'll never prevail; Keep the wind of your slogan to belly your sail, Go back to your isle of perpetual brume, Silence your pibroch, doff tartan and plume: Ben Lomond is calling his son from the fray -- Fly, fly from the region of Wall Street away! While still you're possessed of a single baubee (I wish it were pledged to endowment of me) 'Twere wise to retreat from the wars of finance Lest its value decline ere your credit advance. For a man 'twixt a king of finance and the sea, Carnegie, Carnegie, your tongue is too free! Anonymus Bink

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

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Speeches: Isle

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797From a desire also to remove the discontents of the Six nations, a settlement mediated at Presque Isle, on Lake Erie, has been suspended, and an agent is now endeavoring to rectify any misconception into which they may have fallen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Isle

"Isle" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.71% of the time. "Isle" is used about 1,361 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
Noun (proper)86.71%1,1806,546
Noun (singular)13.29%18122,953
                    Total100.00%1,361N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Isle

The following table summarizes the usage of "isle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
IsleLast name17051,222
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Isle

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "isle".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
AiahN/ABiblical

An isle

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Isle

CountryName
USA

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Isle


1. Isle, MN (city, FIPS 31472)
Location: 46.14221 N, 93.46042 W
Population (1990): 566 (408 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 56342
Country: USA

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Expression: Isle

Expressions using "isle": Belle Isle Belle Isle cress Deer Isle Eden Isle Emerald Isle Grand Isle Grand Isle County Green Isle Isle Au Haut Isle La Motte Isle of Man Isle Of Palms isle of wight Isle of Wight County Isle Royal National Park Isle Saint Georg Little Deer Isle Ocean Isle Beach Presque Isle Presque Isle County safety isle Sea Isle City the british isle the emerald isle. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "isle": Belle-isle.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Isle

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

emerald isle north carolina

977

isle of skye

156

emerald isle

790

grand isle la

151

isle of capri

786

black isle

150

isle of palm

694

grand isle louisiana

144

isle of man

599

grosse isle mi

135

isle of capri casino

551

isle

126

sea isle city nj

550

black isle studio

112

isle of wight

377

isle of capri italy

108

ocean isle beach north carolina

361

ocean isle north carolina

106

ocean isle beach

284

isle of palm south carolina

105

presque isle maine

274

british isle

97

isle of palm sc

262

holiday isle

92

ocean isle

261

greek isle

92

sea isle city

224

greek isle cruise

88

presque isle

221

isle library sno

85

isle royale

200

isle royal

83

grand isle

191

isle shoal

82

ocean isle nc

182

isle of scilly

81

isle of man tt

174

isle royale national park

79

emerald isle realty

162

sea isle city new jersey

79
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Isle

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

Albanian

  

Ishull (ait, Holm, island, islet), Ujdhesë (island). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سكن في جزيرة, ‏جزيرة (inch, island). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

британските острови (the british isle). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

小島 , 小岛 (islet). (various references)

   

Czech

  

Ostrov (island), Ostrùvek (islet). (various references)

   

Danish

  

flodoe (river island, river isle). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

smaragdgroene slak (manus isle pearly mussel), riviereiland (river island, river isle). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

ŭajto (Isle of Wight). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مجزاکردن (Disassemble, Discrete, Drawoff, Insulate, Isolate, Knockdown, Seclude), جزیره نشین کردن , جزیره کوچک , جزیره (Island). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

saari (island). (various references)

   

French

  

Île. (various references)

   

German

  

Eiland (island). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

όικρή Νήσοσ, Νήσοσ, νησάκι (islet). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ְי. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sziget (ait, island). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Isola (island). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ランゲルハンス島 (athletic-style shirt, bag, inside-the-park home run, isle of Langerhans, knapsack, lance, Lancel, lancer, land, landing, landing bahn, landmark, LANDSAT, landscape, lantern, lanthanum, Lanvin, launch, launcher, laundry, lingerie, lunch, lunch set, luncheon, lunchtime, lunchtime concert, meeting, pensioneer, random, random sampling, rumble seat, runner, runner's high, running, running cost, running home run, running homer, running stock, running vest, run-through, runtime, satchel with back straps, tank top), 島台 (ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth), 女護が島 (isle of women, women-only location). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ランゲルハンスしま (isle of Langerhans), しまだい (ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth), にょごがしま (isle of women, women-only location). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ellan (island). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

øy (island). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isleay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

ilha (island), pequena ilha (holm, islet). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

Insulã (eyot, island), Ostrov (ait, bank, Holm, island). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

Остров, островок (ait, islet). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

An t-Eilean Dubh (Black Isle). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ostrvo (island). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Isla (i, island). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ö (island), Ö. (various references)

   

Thai

  

เกาะ (island). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Adacık (eyot, Holm, islet), Ada (block of buildings, insular, island). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

Стрівець. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

Ynys Wyth (Isle of Wight), Manaw (Isle of Man). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Isle

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

insula. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Isle

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 27, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEiV nhson de tina dei hmaV ekpesein
Latin405VulgateIn insulam autem quandam oportet nos devenire
Middle English1395WyclifAnd it bihoueth vs to come into sum yle.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleHow be it we must be cast into a certayne ylonde.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHowbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
Victorian English1833WebsterBut we must be cast upon a certain isle.
Basic English1964OgdenBut we will be sent on to a certain island.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Isle

LanguageActs Chapter 27, Verse 26
AlbanianEdhe duhet të ngecim në një ishull''.
CebuanoHinoon mahisangyad kita sa usa ka pulo."
CroatianAli treba da se nasuèemo na neki otok."
DanishMen vi må strande på en Ø."
DutchDoch wij moeten op een zeker eiland vervallen.
FinnishMutta jollekin saarelle meidän täytyy viskautua."
FrenchMais nous devons échouer sur une île.
GermanWir müssen aber anfahren an eine Insel.
Haitian CreoleMen, nou pral chwe sou yon zile.
HungarianEgy szigetre kell pedig nékünk kivetõdnünk.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTetapi kita akan terdampar nanti di pantai suatu pulau."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAkan tetapi tak dapat tiada kita akan terdampar pada sebuah pulau."
ItalianMa è inevitabile che andiamo a finire su qualche isola».
Korean그 러 나 우 리 가 한 섬 에 걸 리 리 라 하 더 라
LatvianBet mums jânokïûst kâdâ salâ.
MaoriOtira kua takoto te tikanga kia eke tatou ki tetahi motu.
NorwegianMen vi skal strande på en eller annen ø.
PortugueseContudo é necessário irmos dar em alguma ilha.   
RumanianDar trebuie sq dqm peste un ostrov.``
RussianоБН ДПМЦОП ВЩФШ ЧЩВТПЫЕООЩНЙ ОБ ЛБЛПК-ОЙВХДШ ПУФТПЧ.
ShuarTura Chíchimisha nunka uchich Pújakmanum nui patatmittiaji" Tímiayi.
SpanishPero es necesario que demos en alguna isla.
SwahiliLakini ni lazima tutatupwa ufukoni mwa kisiwa fulani."
UmaNau' kapal-ta mogero mpai', tehore moto-ta omea hi hameha' lewuto'."

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

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Derivations & Misspellings: Isle

Derivations

Words beginning with "isle": isled, isleless, isles, islet, islets. (additional references)

Words ending with "isle": aisle, enisle, lisle. (additional references)

Words containing "isle": aisled, aisles, aisleway, aisleways, antisleep, enisled, enisles, lisles, mislead, misleader, misleaders, misleading, misleadingly, misleads, misleared, mislearn, mislearned, mislearning, mislearns, mislearnt, misled, paisley, paisleys. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Isle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asla, asle, bissle, disle, eisle, esel, esle, fisle, Gislen, iale, ible, Ibsley, Icel, iclr, icls, igle, ikle, I'le, ileg, ileh, iles, ille, ilse, ilsea, ilso, Imsl, Inle, insle, Insley, iole, ipsden, irle, isea, isec, isee, isel, Iseler, Iseo, isex, isl, isla, islea, islee, islu, Islywn, isme, isoled, ispe, isre, Isse, iste, isue, izel, misle, ozle, siel, Sile, Silec, Siles, silex, sille, Zissler. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Isle"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "isle" (pronounced ī"l)
2ī" laisle, Argyll, awhile, beguile, bile, compile, file, guile, Heil, stile, style, mile, Phyle, pile, refile, restyle, revile, rile, smile, tile, vile, while, wile, worthwhile, Wyle.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Isle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: leis, lies.

Words within the letters "e-i-l-s"

-1 letter: els, lei, lie, lis, sei, sel.

-2 letters: el, es, is, li, si.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-l-s"
 

+1 letter: aisle, biles, ceils, deils, delis, evils, files, flies, heils, idles, ileus, isled, isles, islet, istle, lenis, lewis, lexis, liens, liers, lieus, likes, limes, lines, lisle, lives, lweis, miles, piles, plies, riels, riles, shiel, sidle, silex, slice, slide, slier, slime, slipe, smile, solei, speil, spiel, spile, stile, tiles, veils, wiles.

 

+2 letters: abseil, aisled, aisles, aliens, alines, alkies, allies, alsike, ariels, belies, bezils, bibles, bields, bilges, birles, blites, chiels, chiles, chisel, clevis, climes, clines, colies, deasil, delist, devils, diesel, dispel, easily, ediles, elains, elemis, elfins, elfish, elides, elints, elites, eloins, elvish, emails, enisle, enlist, ensile, ervils, espial, exiles, falsie, felids, fields, filers, filets, filles, filose, filses, fliers, fliest, flites, fusile, gimels, glides, glimes, grilse, guiles, helios, hirsel, hirsle, holies, ideals, idlers, idlest, ilexes, illest, impels, ingles, inkles, inlets, insole, islets, isohel, istles, itself, ixtles, kelims, kevils, ladies, lassie, lazies, legist, legits, lesion, levies, levins, liaise, lianes, libels, libers, liches, lieges, lifers, ligase, ligers, likens, likers, likest, lilies, limens, limeys, linens, liners, linsey, lipase, lisles, lisped, lisper, listed, listee, listel, listen, lister, liters, litres, livens, livers, livest, livres, looies, lories, louies, lunies, lysine, mailes, mesial, milers, milles, misled, mislie, missel, molies, muesli, oilers, oldies, oleins, olives, oriels, pelvis, pensil, perils, pileus, pilose, pixels, pliers, plisse, poleis, polies, relics, relies, relish, relist, reoils, resail, resile, rifles, rilles, sailed, sailer, saline, saltie, samiel, sedile, seidel, senile, serail, serial, sexily, sheila, shield, shiels, sickle, sidled, sidler, sidles, silage, silane, sileni, silent, silked, silken, siller, siloed, silted, silvae, silver, silvex, simile, simnel, simple, single, sizzle, sleigh, sliced, slicer, slices, slider, slides, sliest, slimed, slimes, sliped, slipes, sliver, sluice, smiled, smiler, smiles, smiley, snivel, soiled, speils, spiels, spiled, spiles, spinel, splice, spline, stelai, stelic, stifle, stiles, stipel, swiple, swivel, tildes, tilers, tinsel, titles, toiles, uglies, valise, vexils, vilest, voiles, walies, whiles, wields, wisely, yields.

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

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INDEX

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: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Frequency
14. Names: Derived from
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Cities
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient
21. Bible Trace
22. Abbreviations
23. Acronyms
24. Derivations
25. Rhymes
26. Anagrams
27. Bibliography


  

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