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Definition: May |
MayNoun1. The month following April and preceding June. 2. Thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America. Verb1. Expresses permission; "You may leave now"; "Can I have another piece of cake?". 2. Get to or be allowed to do something; "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "May" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of the month of May, denotes prosperous times, and pleasure for the young. To dream that nature appears freakish, denotes sudden sorrow and disappointment clouding pleasure. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | May A lovely girl who married January, an old Lombard baron, sixty years of age. She had a liaison with a young squire named Damyan, and was detected by January; but she persuaded the old fool that his eyes were to blame and that he was labouring under a great mistake, the effect of senseless jealousy. January believed her words, and "who is glad but he?" for what is better than "a fruitful wife, and a confiding spouse?" (Chaucer: The Marchaundes Tale. Pope: January and May,) May (the month) is not derived from Maia, the mother of Mercury, as the word existed long before either Mercury or Maia had been introduced. It is the Latin Maius- i.e. Magius, from the root mag, same as the Sanscrit mah, to grow; and means the growing or shooting month. May unlucky for weddings. This is a Roman superstition. Ovid says, "The common people profess it is unlucky to marry in the month of May." In this month were held the festivals of Bona Dea (the goddess of chastity), and the feasts of the dead called Lemuralia. "Nec viduæ tædis eadem, nec virginis apta Tempora; quæ nupsit, non diuturna fuit; Hæc quoque de causa, si te proverbia tangunt, Mente malum Maio nubere vulgus ait." Ovid: Fasti, v. 496, etc. Here we go gathering nuts of May. (See Nuts Of May.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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simple:MayMay is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. May have been named for the Roman goddess Maia or more likely the Roman goddess of fertility Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May.
In Japan, there is the so-called May sickness, a kind of sickness where new students or workers start to be tired of their new schoolwork or jobs. It is due to a Japanese custom that all schoolyears and fiscal years start on April 1st.
Events in May:
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
- In many countries, May Day is May 1.
- In the United Kingdom, May Day is May 1, but a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May.
- In the US, Canada and Australia, Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May.
- In the US, Memorial Day, a public holiday, is on May 30, but observed on the last Monday in May.
Historical anniversaries
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "May."
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2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002.
See also:
- Afghanistan timeline May 2002
May 31, 2002
- The United States Department of State issues a travel warning advising all Americans except for essential diplomatic personnel (about 60,000 people) to leave India because "conditions along India's border with Pakistan and in the state of Jammu and Kashmir have deteriorated."
- The European Union ratifies the Kyoto Protocol treaty, and Japan stated they would shortly.
- Football World Cup 2002: Senegal defeats defending champion France 1-0.
May 30, 2002
- Miller Brewing is acquired from Philip Morris by South African Brewing for $3.6 billion in stock.
- September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack: A wordless ceremony at the World Trade Center site marks the end of the recovery effort. In the ceremony, which started at 10:29 AM with the tolling of a firemen's bell, a stretcher with an American flag, symbolizing the victims whose remains were not recovered or yet identified was carried up the 500-foot ramp to an FDNY ambulance, which slowly left the site, as did the flatbed truck carrying the last steel beam to be removed. The ceremony included the playing of America the Beautiful by the NYPD pipe-and-drum corps, a flyover by five NYPD helicopters, and the playing of taps by a NYPD and FDNY bugler. The ceremony was attended by hundreds of rescue and recovery workers, family members of victimes, and New York politicians.
May 28, 2002
- September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack: The last steel beam standing at the World Trade Center site is cut down and placed on a flatbed truck (to be carried away Thursday) in a quiet ceremony honoring the construction workers.
May 26, 2002
- Space exploration: The BBC reports that the NASA space probe Mars Odyssey has found signs of huge ice deposits on the planet Mars.
May 24, 2002
- An article in the journal Science reports that a new naturally-occurring amino acid has been found in a certain type of archaic bacteria. This puts the total number of known amino acids used in living organisms to 22. Scientists are calling this new amino acid Pyrrolysine.
May 23, 2002
- Recent celebrity deaths: Golfer Sam Snead dies at 89.
- The Indian-Pakistani conflict intensifies in the Kashmir region. Both powers have nuclear weapons.
May 22, 2002
- Recent (discovery of) celebrity deaths: Police find the remains of missing intern Chandra Levy in a park in Washington, DC.
May 21, 2002
- Recent celebrity deaths: The French artist Niki de Saint Phalle dies in San Diego, California, aged 71.
May 20, 2002
- East Timor becomes an independent state.
- Recent celebrity deaths: Stephen Jay Gould dies.
May 19, 2002
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A suicide bomber disguised as an Israeli soldier kills at least two Israelis and wounds more than 50 in Netanya.
May 15, 2002
- Politics of the Netherlands: General elections for the lower house of parliament were held.
- The LPF(Lijst Pim Fortuyn) was the great winner, the party gained 26 of the 150 seats, a historic achievement for a new party. The CDA (Christen Democratisch Appèl) led by Jan Peter Balkenende became the greatest party (43 seats). The great losers were the coalition parties of the ruling "purple coalition" (PvdA, labour party; VVD, liberals; D'66, leftist liberals). These parties were deminished to half of their former size. Ad Melkert (PvdA) resigns as political leader of his party.
May 9, 2002
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Muhammad al-Madani, governor of Bethlehem, leaves the Church of the Nativity
- Israel calls up additional reserve forces and moves tanks into position for an expected incursion into the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the most recent suicide bombing.
May 8, 2002
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A Palestinian suicide bomber badly injures himself near Megiddo, southeast of Haifa, when the explosives he was carrying go off prematurely.
May 7, 2002
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 15 and wounds 58 in a billiards and gambling club in Rishon le Zion at approximately 11 pm local time, while Ariel Sharon is meeting with President Bush in Washington D.C.
May 6, 2002
- Recent celebrity deaths: In the Netherlands, controversial right wing politician Pim Fortuyn is shot dead when leaving a radio studio, nine days before the general election for the lower house of parliament.
May 5, 2002
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- Jacques Chirac wins the French presidential elections with 82.21% of the vote to 17.79% for Jean-Marie Le Pen, the turnout was 79.71%. Chirac appoints Jean-Pierre Raffarin as his prime minister, replacing Lionel Jospin.
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2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
A timeline of events in the news for May, 2003.
See also:
- 2003 invasion of Iraq timeline for events relating to the war in Iraq
- Progress of the SARS outbreak for events on the virus
- Afghanistan timeline May 2003
- "Road map" for peace
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Columbia investigation
- North Korea crisis
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan timeline
- SCO v. IBM Linux lawsuit
May 31, 2003
- Eric Robert Rudolph, a suspect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics and other bombings in the Atlanta, Georgia area, is arrested in the woods of North Carolina [1]
- United States President George W. Bush visits the location of the former death camp at Auschwitz. He is only the second president to do so, after Gerald Ford toured the camp in 1975.
- The final flight of an Air France Concorde takes place, landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport. British Airways plans to retire its Concorde fleet at the end of October. [1]
- Peter MacKay is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, replacing retiring leader Joe Clark.
May 30, 2003
- The election for leader of Britain's largest general trade union, the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G), is won convincingly by Tony Woodley, a left-winger.
- Iraqi Airways' management announces the airline plans to resume international services soon.
May 29, 2003
- Space Shuttle Columbia disaster: NASA officials release experimental findings proving that the insulation known to have hit the leading edge of Columbia's left wing could have created a gap in between protective heat panels. [1]
- A Russian nuclear energy company founded a branch to promote its bid for Finland's new nuclear power plant. Competing bids have been submitted by French-German company Framatome and General Electric. Finnish power company TVO will make its selection in the autumn at the earliest, but by the end of the year at the latest.
- The Indian Ministry of Defence announced its purchase of Phalcon early warning radar systems from Israel. The contract is worth 1.2 billion US dollars.
- Legendary entertainer Bob Hope celebrates his 100th birthday, quipping "I'm so old, they've canceled my blood type." [1]
May 28, 2003
- Belgian researchers report a link between trichloramine and rising numbers of childhood asthma cases. Trichloramine is a byproduct of reactionss between several organic substancess and chlorine, a chemical used in large quantities to disinfect swimming pools. [1]
- CBS Evening News reports that the bunker the United States bombed in Baghdad on March 20 never existed. [1]
- In an interview held in Miami, Mike Tyson tells interviewer Greta Van Susteren that, because of his being labeled as a rapist, nowadays, he would like to rape Desiree Washington.
- A.C. Milan win the 2002/2003 final of the UEFA Champions League by beating Juventus 3:2 (penalty shootout) at Old Trafford in Manchester.
- EU countries will get more financial power. A convent which thinks about the future of EU is giving member countries more authority to decide of their own finance politics. Countries not belonging to EMU couldn't take part in these decisions.
May 27, 2003
- Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon states that the "occupation" of Palestinian territories is "a terrible thing for Israel and for the Palestinians" and "can't continue endlessly." Sharon's phraseology prompts shock from many in Israel, leading to a clarification that by "occupation," Sharon meant control of millions of Palestinian lives rather than actual physical occupation of land. [1]
- SCO v. IBM Linux lawsuit: Novell enters the lawsuit between the SCO Group and IBM with a press release concerning the SCO Group's ownership of UNIX. "To Novell's knowledge, the 1995 agreement governing SCO's purchase of UNIX from Novell does not convey to SCO the associated copyrights," a letter to the SCO Group's CEO Darl McBride said in part. "We believe it unlikely that SCO can demonstrate that it has any ownership interest whatsoever in those copyrights. Apparently you share this view, since over the last few months you have repeatedly asked Novell to transfer the copyrights to SCO, requests that Novell has rejected."
May 26, 2003
- A Ukrainian YAk-42 plane crashes in northeast Turkey, near the city of Trabzon, killing all aboard. The plane carried 12 crew-members and 62 Spanish soldiers returning from a six-month peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. [1]
- A draft of the proposed European constitution is unveiled. [1]
- In the city of Munich (Germany), the SPD and Greens, who have a city hall majority, decide in separate meetings to migrate 14,000 city-owned Microsoft Windows NT PC workstations to the SuSE Linux operating system. In spite of personal meetings with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and substantial rebates offered on a Microsoft solution, Munich now becomes the largest German city to migrate all of its client PCs to Linux. As an office suite, OpenOffice.org will be used. [1]
- Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia.
May 25, 2003
- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wins cabinet approval for a peace plan that includes the creation of a Palestinian state by 2005.
- Gus Van Sant is awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant
May 24, 2003
- Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani marries his girlfriend Judith Nathan
- Police in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana release information on a new suspect in the Baton Rouge Serial Killer case. [1]
May 23, 2003
- U.S. Congress passes a $350 billion tax cut plan. The plan is less than half the size of President Bush's original proposal. Vice President Dick Cheney casts the deciding vote, breaking the 50-50 tie in the Senate [1]
- The Euro breaks through its 1999 launch exchange rate of USD 1.1747 for the first time. [1]
May 22, 2003
- 2003 occupation of Iraq: Senators grill Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz on the status of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.
- 2003 occupation of Iraq: The United Nations Security Council votes to lift its sanctions on Iraq and to give the United States and United Kingdom control over the country indefinitely until a democratic government is formed.
- U.S General Tommy Franks, who commanded American-led forces in the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, announces his retirement.
- Canadian two-time Olympic gold medallist speed skater Catriona Le May Doan announces her retirement.
- The WNBA's 2003 season begins.
May 21, 2003
- An earthquake in northern Algeria measures 6.7 on the Richter scale; at least 1,600 are feared dead and 7,000 injured.
- An explosion occurs inside the Yale University's Sterling Law School Building in New Haven, Connecticut, damaging two rooms. Investigators from the Joint Terrorism Task Force respond. No injuries reported. Authorities strongly believe the explosion was caused by a pipe bomb.
- In Britain, the convicted child-killer Mary Bell, now living under a new name and assumed identity, wins her High Court battle for anonymity.
May 20, 2003
- Christine Todd-Whitman announces that on June 27 she will resign her position as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency [1] [1]
- The Chelsea Flower Show opens
- A case of BSE ("mad cow disease") in a single cow in Alberta is confirmed by Canadian federal and provincial officials. The animal had been destroyed and declared unfit for consumption prior to being diagnosed. The US issues a temporary ban on all Canadian beef. This is the first North American case of BSE since one in 1993 involving an animal born in Britain.
- DARPA's Congressional report announces that the controversial Total Information Awareness program will be known as the Terrorist Information Awareness program from now on, to emphasize that its purpose is to compile data on terrorists, and not to compile dossiers on US citizens. [1]
May 19, 2003
- White House spokesman Ari Fleischer announces he will resign from his job in the summer, citing his desire to see his new wife more and to work in the private sector as reasons for his decision.
May 18, 2003
- The Guardian reporter Andrew Meldrum, the last foreign journalist in Zimbabwe, is forcibly deported after covering the country for the last 23 years.
- In Belgium federal elections take place. The main winners are the social-democratic cartel SP.a-Spirit and the extreme right wing Vlaams Blok. The biggest losses are for the green party Agalev.
- A nationwide referendum on record nine issues takes place in Switzerland. Abolishment of nuclear power is rejected. Reduction and modernization of army is approved. It ends requirement of nuclear bunker in every home and famous bicycle brigade. [1], [1], [1]
- Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri declares martial law in the breakaway republic of Aceh.
- In Slovakia, voters approve a referendum on joining the European Union. The referendum is only advisory, the decision is in the hands of the national legislature, but it is expected to be approved.
May 17, 2003
- Football (soccer): Arsenal beat Southampton 1 - 0 in the final of the FA Cup held in Wales at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. The final is the first in the history of the event to be played under cover.
- Horse-racing: Funny Cide, the winner of the Kentucky Derby, wins the Preakness Stakes by 9 3/4 lengths.
- Flooding begins in Sri Lanka; it will leave 500 missing and 350,000 homeless.
May 16, 2003
- 2003 occupation of Iraq: United States and British officials announce a change of policy concerning the redevelopment of Iraq. The establishment of an Iraq-led national assembly will be put off indefinitely, and Allied commanders will remain in charge, reportedly because no new government would have the necessary amount of real power.
- Terrorist incidents: A series of explosions occurs in Casablanca. At least 41 people are believed to be dead including 12 suicide bombers. 100 are reported injured. [1]
- Astronomy: A total lunar eclipse is visible from Europe, the Americas and most of Africa from 01:46 to 05:34 GMT Nasa 1, Nasa 2.
- The Guardian reports that the Republican Party of Texas had the help of the United States Department of Homeland Security to track down several Democratic Party state legislators who had fled the state to prevent the state's House of Representatives from meeting with a quorum.[1]
- Three time defending NBA champions Los Angeles Lakers get eliminated from the 2002-2003 playoffs, losing 110-82 to the San Antonio Spurs in Los Angeles in Game 6 of their series.
May 15, 2003
- The journal Nature reports that all species of large fish in the world's oceans have been so thoroughly overfished that just 10% of the population that there was in 1950 remains. The scientists who authored the report conclude that the world's oceans are no longer even close to their natural state. Sharks, Atlantic cod, and Pacific sardines are tapped as particularly imperilled with extinction. The scientists recommend drastic measures to reduce ocean fishing. Nature, Environment News, BBC
- The United States Senate approves a tax-cut bill designed to cut revenues by a total of $350 billion over ten years. The Senate takes a compromise position on the controversial issue of taxing stock dividends; the dividend tax is temporarily reduced, then eliminated, and reinstated for 2007. The bill will now go to a conference committee to resolve differences with a $550 billion tax cut passed by the House on May 10.
- China announces a new series of measures to combat SARS. Foreign adoptions of Chinese babies are now suspended. The penalties for knowingly spreading the disease have been increased, and now include execution.
- United States federal prosecutors indict Jamal Ahmed Ali al-Badawi and Fahd al-Quso, in absentia, in connection with the USS Cole bombing in Yemen on October 12, 2000.
May 14, 2003
- DARPA's Information Processing Technology Office solicits bids for the LifeLog project, an extremely ambitious effort to create a massive searchable computer database, "an ontology-based (sub)system that captures, stores, and makes accessible the flow of one person's experience in and interactions with the world ... The objective ... is to be able to trace the 'threads' of an individual's life in terms of events, states, and relationships". [1], [1]
- SCO v. IBM Linux lawsuit: Apparently noticing the incongruity of their selling a Linux distribution while suing IBM for stealing their intellectual property and giving it to the developers of that operating system, the SCO Group (formerly Caldera) announces they will no longer distribute Linux. According to their press release, "SCO will continue to support existing SCO Linux and Caldera OpenLinux customers and hold them harmless from any SCO intellectual property issues regarding SCO Linux and Caldera OpenLinux products."
- Carlos Menem quits the Argentinian presidential race; fellow Peronist Nestor Kirchner is consequently expected to win.
- The bodies of 17 Hispanics, suspected Mexican illegal immigrants, were found by police in Victoria, Texas. One more person, a man, died in a hospital, raising the death total to 18. 13 of the bodies were found inside a locked truck, and four of them outside it. A man was later arrested in Houston on suspicion of being the smuggler who led the 18 persons to their deaths.
May 13, 2003
- The Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the Treasury Department of the United States releases a new 20 dollar note, aimed at defeating the technological advances of counterfeiters. The note is expected to begin circulating in the fall of 2003; which is 5 years since the last $20 note was released in 1998. New designs for the $50 and $100 notes will follow in 2004 and 2005. The most distinctive change in the new currency design is in color. It is the first U.S. currency since 1905 to include colors other than green and black. Different colors for different denominations will make it easier to tell one note from another, and more difficult to counterfeit. The New Color of Money Web site (includes images)
- Much of France comes to a standstill in a general strike of the public and private sectors. [1]
- Russian officials identify Arab militant Abu Walib as the mastermind behind the May 12 bombing in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, and claim links between that incident and the bombings in Riyadh 14 hours later. [1]
- A suicide bombing occurs at a religious festival in the town of Iliskhan-Yurt, in southeastern Chechnya. At least 14 people are killed by the bombing. The attack is apparently an attempt to assassinate Akhmad Kadryov, the Moscow-appointed chief administrator of Chechnya. Kadryov escaped injury. [1], [1]
May 12, 2003
- Four simultaneous car bombs detonate in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at various Western enclaves there, killing at least 35 people. U.S. and Saudi officials speculate that the bombs are the work of al Qaeda.
- A truck bomb explodes at FSB headquarters in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, killing at least 41 and wounding some 200 more, in an apparent suicide attack. Official Russian sources blame the incident on Chechen seperatist rebels. [1], [1]
- Rihab Rashid Taha, the alleged Iraqi biological weapons chief known as "Dr Germ", is taken into custody. She is not on the U.S. list of most wanted Iraqis because she has been out of power for several years. [1]
- Clare Short resigns from the UK cabinet, saying that Tony Blair had reneged on promises about the role of the United Nations in the future of Iraq. Her successor as International Development Secretary, Baroness Amos, is the UK's first black woman cabinet minister.
May 11, 2003
- Ponds on the north side of Catoctin Mountain, near Gambrill Park Road and Tower Road in Frederick, Maryland, are under investigation by the FBI, in connection with the 2001 anthrax attacks. FBI investigators found anthrax spores and other evidence in their search of ponds in the area during December and January, 2002. Divers retrieved a "clear box" with holes that could accommodate protective biological safety gloves, as well as vials wrapped in plastic from a pond in the Frederick Municipal Forest. A new theory has been developed suggesting how a criminal could have packed anthrax spores into envelopes without harming (him/her)self. Officials from Fort Detrick have stated that the water is safe because once in water anthrax spores cluster together and descend to the bottom. The water in the pond has been tested several times over the course of the investigation, and all indications are that the water is safe.
- A number of newspapers have published the alleged identity of the British Force Research Unit's most senior informer within the Provisional IRA, code-named Stakeknife, who is thought to have been head of the Provisional IRA's internal security force, charged with routing out informers like himself. The person named has fled.
- The Governor-General of Australia Peter Hollingworth has stood down from his post whilst investigations into his past are proceeding. Tasmanian Governor Sir Guy Green is appointed as Commonwealth Administrator.
- The first confirmed SARS case is reported in Finland. A man who had been visiting Toronto is now being treated at Turku University Hospital.
- Filip Vujanovic, a former Prime Minister who favors independence, was elected President of Montenegro. This was the third attempt at electing a President in five months; the first two votes did not attract enough voters to make the vote valid. This time the legislature had eliminated the turnout requirement.
- Voters in Lithuania vote to join the European Union.
- Rafael Palmeiro of the Texas Rangers hits the 500th home run of his career in a game against the Cleveland Indians.
May 10, 2003
May 9, 2003
- As many as 129 are feared dead after a door opens on a plane flying from Kinshasa to Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The victims were sucked from the plane, which returned to Kinshasa after the incident. Although the airline to which the plane belongs to is unknown, the plane involved in the tragedy has a logo of Ukrainian Cargo Airlines.
- The United States Senate Armed Services Committee votes to lift a 10-year-old ban on the research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons as part of its 2004 defense-spending bill. The majority of the committee and the Bush administration argue that such weapons may in the future become necessary to deal with terrorist threats, and to effectively incinerate biological or chemical weapons installations. The move is criticized by Democrats who fear that it will increase the risks of nuclear proliferation and nuclear escalation in warfare. [1], [1]
- The National Association of Evangelicals, a group of evangelical Christians, condemns Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell, Jerry Vines, Pat Robertson and other evangelical ministers for anti-Islamic statements.
- The United States House of Representatives approves a tax-cut measure for $550 billion over 10 years. This is $176 billion less than President George W. Bush originally proposed, but $200 billion more than the Senate's version of the same measure. One highly controversial aspect of the President's initial proposal that the House removed is the repeal of the tax on dividends paid by corporations to shareholders. There are also important differences between the House and Senate bills, and great difficulty is foreseen in reconciling them before they may be sent to the President for approval.
May 8, 2003
- 30 German passengers and the driver of a tourist bus are killed by a train collision at a railroad crossing near Siofok, Hungary. 12 people are injured. Most of the passengers came from Lower Saxony or Schleswig-Holstein.
- A vulnerability in the Microsoft Passport Internet authentication system is announced which allows an attacker to change a victim's password and thereby hijack their account. This affects Hotmail and other Passport-enabled systems, allowing an attacker to use a victim's email account and obtain other personal data such as credit card numbers. [1], [1]
- The Russian mathematician Dr Grigori Perelman claims to have resolved the Poincaré conjecture. [1]
- In New York City, the World Boxing Council declares itself bankrupt, to avoid paying a former world champion 30 million dollars after the former boxer wins a lawsuit against the organization.
- King Mohammed VI of Morocco releases 9459 prisoners from Morocco's prisons in celebration of the birth of his first son and heir, who was named Prince Hassan.
May 7, 2003
- Nearly 40,000 manuscripts and 700 artifacts belonging to the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad are recovered by U.S Customs agents working with museum experts in Iraq. Some looters had returned items after promises of rewards and amnesty, and many items previously reported missing had actually been hidden in secret storage vaults at the museum prior to the outbreak of war.
- The planet Mercury makes a rare five hour transit of the Sun, an event that occurs roughly 12 times per century.
May 6, 2003
- Buckingham Palace announces that Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex are expecting their first child. The child is due to be born in December 2003. He or she will be the seventh grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
- United States signs a Free Trade Agreement with Singapore, the first with an Asian country.
- Brian Duchow, a Milwaukee bus driver, is charged with child abuse of a passenger with Down syndrome, allegedly hitting him and threatening more abuse. The abuse was recorded on an audio tape using a recorder that the parents had put in the child's backpack. [1] [1] [1]
May 5, 2003
- Boeing unveils a drawing of a proposed airplane of the future and launches a public contest to name the airplane.
May 4, 2003
- Manchester United F.C win the 2003 FA Premier league due to Arsenal F.C.s failure to beat Leeds United F.C
- At least 19 people are killed in a series of tornadoes in the states of Colorado, Kansas and Missouri.
May 3, 2003
- New Hampshire's famous landmark rock formation, the Old Man of the Mountain, collapses overnight.
- The gelding Funny Cide wins the Kentucky Derby.
- Titular Archbishop of Glendalough and Vatican representative in the United Nations in Geneva, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is named Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin by Pope John Paul II. His appointment is announced to worshippers at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin by the Archbishop of Dublin Cardinal Desmond Connell. No date is given for Connell's retirement but Martin's appointment takes immediate effect.
May 2, 2003
- U.S. economic indicators: The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics announces that the unemployment rate rose to 6% in April as employers cut 48,000 jobs, smaller than the consensus estimate of 75,000. This followed a revised decline of 124,000 jobs in March.
May 1, 2003
- The Labour Party under the leadership of Rhodri Morgan win a landslide victory in the Welsh Assembly elections.
- President Bush safely lands in an S-3B Viking jet on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln returning from operations in Iraq while 100 miles off the coast of San Diego, California. It is the first time a sitting president has arrived on the deck of an aircraft carrier by plane. Bush makes a primetime address, surrounded by hundreds of sailors, in which he declares major combat operations in Iraq over.
- A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Bingol, Turkey, killing at least 87 people and injuring 400.
- United States Navy forces start moving out of Vieques. A big celebration erupts on Vieques' streets at 12:01 AM EST, to celebrate the military's move out of the island.
- The British Columbia Supreme Court becomes the third provincial supreme court to rule that the Canadian government must legally recognize same-sex marriage.
- The Canadian dollar exceeds 70 cents US for the first time in five years, reaching $0.7044 US.
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May is a town located in Harper County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 33.Geography
May is located at 36°36'60" North, 99°44'58" West (36.616536, -99.749363)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 33 people, 17 households, and 7 families residing in the town. The population density is 70.8/km² (183.6/mi²). There are 27 housing units at an average density of 57.9/km² (150.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 3.03% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 17 households out of which 17.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 58.8% are non-families. 47.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 1.94 and the average family size is 3.00. In the town the population is spread out with 18.2% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 33.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 120.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 145.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $45,625, and the median income for a family is $50,313. Males have a median income of $30,833 versus $19,167 for females. The per capita income for the town is $20,319. 0.0% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "May, Oklahoma."
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Theresa May (born 1956) is a British politician, former chairman of the Conservative Party, and MP for Maidenhead.She studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford and obtained a Geography MA. From 1985 to 1997, she was a consultant for a financial institution, and in 1997 became the Tory MP for Maidenhead - she had in 1992 stood for Durham North West, a safe Labour seat. She soon became a member of William Hague's team, with her appointment shadow minister for schools in 1998.
She joined the Shadow Cabinet proper in 1999 as Shadow Education and Employment Secretary, and since then, under Iain Duncan Smith had been in a variety of shadow cabinet posts, notably chairman. She is perhaps the most prominent woman in the Conservative Party since Margaret Thatcher.
She courted controversy within the party at the 2002 Party Conference by warning that the Tories were seen as the nasty party and that they needed to shed this image.
After Michael Howard became Tory leader in 2003, he made her Shadow Secretary of State for Transport and the Environment.
External link
- Theresa May's official site
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| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MAY | English | Multilingual access to Yellow Pages | Computing, Language |
MAY | German | Mai | Geography, Meteorology & Standards |
MAY | Italian | Maggio | Geography, Meteorology & Standards |
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Synonyms: MaySynonyms: whitethorn (n), can (v), get (v), might (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: must not (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: May |
| English words defined with "May": May apple, May Day, May dew, May flower, May lady, May queen ♦ Queen of May, queen of the May. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "May": call diversion may occur indicator, Cat may look at a King ♦ Kings may override Grammar, Knots of May ♦ May Bugs, May Meetings, May Molloch, May Revision ♦ Nuts of May ♦ Runs may Read ♦ Will not when They may ♦ Your mileage may vary. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "May": Videlicet. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "May" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Malagasy (May), Pidgin English (May), Tagalog (anyone, can, has, have, have got, with), Vietnamese (fluky, luckily, work). |
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Screenplays | Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of devils wing you to your rest (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Or it may be the police to tell me they've found her dead (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) Outside things may be tragic, but in here we feel its magic (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) I may have some breaking news for you, Elliot (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) Forgive me father, for I may sin tonight (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) | |
Lyrics | I may be crazy (You May Be Right; performing artist: Billy Joel) That you may never see (When I'm Gone; performing artist: 3 DOORS DOWN) So that we may start anew (Biggest Part of Me; performing artist: Ambrosia) I may run and hide (Larger Than Life; performing artist: Backstreet Boys) Mem'ries may be beautiful and yet ("The Way We Were"; performing artist: Barbra Streisand) | |
Clever | Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. (references; author: Mark Twain) May you get to Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead. (references; author: Irish Proverb) New Vaccine May Contain Rabies (references; author: unknown) A cruel word may wreck a life. (references; author: unknown) A timely word may level stress. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Why may we melee, when we may waylay? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hand Maid May (2001) Karl May (1974) May We Come In? (1974) Death May Be Your Santa Claus (1969) That All May Be One (1968) | |
Song Titles | May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose (performing artist: Little Jimmy Dickens) Maggie May (performing artist: Rod Stewart) We May Never Pass This Way (performing artist: Seals and Crofts) Rain In May (performing artist: Max Werner) | |
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 | Pictured here is an experimental animal being held by a technician. Only the technician's hands and the animal are visible. The technician measures the size of a reaction of the animal due to a recent injection. A measuring device is being used to achieve the measurement. This may have been a test for the possible carcinogenic effect of a chemical. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Several views of the plaque of the Pierluigi Nervi International Award for Cancer Research. Dr. Vincent Devita received this award on May 15, 1985. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Common characteristics of Anopheles crucians are long, black proboscis, the palpus is a little shorter than probiscis, and a pair of dark gray submedian longitudinal stripes on the thorax. This mosquito may be a vector for malaria. Credit: CDC. |  | A pregnant woman with syphilis can pass T. pallidum to her unborn child, who may be born with serious mental and physical problems as a result of this infection. When a newborn is affected it is known as “Congenital Syphilis”. Credit: CDC. |
 | "Ethane" by Daniel Bentham and Staffan Björkenstam. Use the Scrollbar to vary A and C. High resolution, may take a few seconds to generate. |  | "Schwarz's P Surface 3" by Carlos César de Araújo. Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more information. Very high resolution, may take a minute to generate. |
 | NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with what may be their first direct ... Credit: NASA. |  | A tempestuous relationship between an unlikely pair of stars may have created an oddly shaped ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 as taken with the Wide-Field/Planetary Camera on the Hubble Space Telescope. (17 May 1994). Credit: NASA. |  | Tornadoes in Texas on 27 May 1997, as viewed by GOES-8 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite). Credit: NASA. |
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| "May our wishes come true" by Michelle Ho Commentary: "A wish tree at the Bottle Temple, Thailand." | "May.fete 4" by Brendan Paxton Commentary: "These are some rides at my school carnival, a few days ago. (i hope i hit the spot, fenix) The Roundup. :)." |
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| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Dwight David Eisenhower | May we know unity - without uniformity. |
Edward A. Craighill | What though the tide of years may roll. |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | The young may die, but the old must! |
Honore De Balzac | You may imitate, but never counterfeit. |
Jonathan Swift | May you live all the days of your life. |
Lord Alfred Tennyson | A day may sink or save a realm. |
Louisa May Alcott | Housekeeping ain't no joke. |
| It takes two flints to make a fire. | |
Oscar Wilde | A kiss may ruin a human life. |
Phaedrus | Come of it what may, as Sinon said. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | The writ which is called praecipe shall not for the future be issued to anyone, regarding any tenement whereby a freeman may lose his court. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | He therefore who may resist, must be allowed to strike. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1992 | But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | It is prescribing limits, and declaring that those limits may be passed at pleasure. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | We may site Proudhon's Philosophie de la Misere as an example of this form. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom." (Abraham Lincoln) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It may act on any trustworthy modes of computation. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Beware, I say; time may be short. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Her connexions may be worse than his. |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | The money of this island is heavy, gentlemen, but it costs little, as you may guess |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | In some other form, perhaps, I may hereafter develop these effects |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Every cowl may dream of the tiara |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | I pray to God, and do you pray with me, that we may repent of our sins |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | We are, my lord, and come to have the warrant, That we may be admitted where he is. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Having stepped forward, he may slip back, but only half a step, never the full step back |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | To satisfy my curious reader, it may be sufficient to describe Lorbrulgrud |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Blindness may result. (references) | |
Your skin may darken. (references) | ||
Life span may be normal. (references) | ||
Business | A copy may be obtained from this office. (references) | |
Demand for advance payment may kill a sale. (references) | ||
The offset may be either direct or indirect. (references) | ||
Children | Ghana | Trokosi may or may not attend school. (references) |
Ghana | Shrine priests generally are male, but may be female as well. (references) | |
Uganda | LDU's may recruit children under the age of 18 with parental consent. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | Refugees generally may not obtain citizenship. (references) |
Macedonia | Only a citizen may establish a religious group. (references) | |
Bhutan | By treaty citizens may reside and work in India. (references) | |
Discrimination | Malta | Alleged victims of job discrimination may apply directly for relief to the Employment Commission of the first hall of the Civil Court in the appropriate jurisdiction. (references) |
Brazil | A state law approved in Rio de Janeiro in May prohibits discrimination against carriers of AIDS by schools, stores, and clubs, with fines for violators up to $18,500 (50,000 reais). (references) | |
Kazakhstan | No one may be subjected to any discrimination for reasons of origin, social position, occupation, property status, sex, race, nationality, language, attitude to religion, convictions, place of residence, or any other circumstances;" however, the Government does not enforce this provision effectively on a consistent basis. (references) | |
Economic History | Norway | National holiday: May 17. (references) |
Israel | Independence: May 14, 1948. (references) | |
Cape Verde | Referees may be foreigners. (references) | |
Human Rights | El Salvador | A judge's verdict may be appealed. (references) |
India | No court may overturn such a decision. (references) | |
Turkmenistan | Relatives may bring food once every 2 months. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Namibia | It enumerates the types of crimes that may be addressed in traditional courts. (references) |
India | No rubber, wax, ivory, or other forest products may be removed from the protected areas without prior authorization. (references) | |
Malaysia | Then-Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin announced in May 1999 that a total of 314,715 acres of land would be reserved for Orang Asli. (references) | |
Minorities | Yemen | Jews may, and do, own property. (references) |
India | Devadasis, who generally are Dalits, may not marry. (references) | |
India | By custom Dalits may be required to perform tasks for upper caste Hindus without remuneration. (references) | |
Political Economy | TURKEY | The BIT entered into force in May 1990. (references) |
AUSTRIA | The delay may infringe U.S. investments. (references) | |
HUNGARY | Only Hungarian citizens may own farmland. (references) | |
Political Rights | Chad | The CENI oversaw the May 20 presidential elections. (references) |
Guyana | Any citizen 18 years or older may register to vote. (references) | |
Algeria | The new Cabinet, named in May, has no female members. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | Approved May 3, signed October 26. (references) |
Uruguay | SBA may be contacted at 202-653-7794. (references) | |
Uruguay | OPIC may be contacted at 202-336-8799. (references) | |
Travel | Burma | Burmese nationals may hold FEC. (references) |
Colombia | Hotels may also render these services. (references) | |
Kenya | Fruits and vegetables may be seasonal. (references) | |
Women | Iran | Muslim women may not marry non-Muslim men. (references) |
Cyprus | Turkish Cypriot women may marry non-Muslim men. (references) | |
Lebanon | Only religious authorities may perform marriages. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Korea | As few as two employees may form a union. (references) |
Guatemala | Fines may be appealed to the labor courts. (references) | |
Bangladesh | The ban may be renewed for 3-month periods. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ann Richards | Well, I don't really have a favorite. The one I like who's saying something that is significant and matters is Howard Dean. Now, the rest of them may come up with something. |
Donald Rumsfeld | OK, but, first of all, I don't agree with the premise. And second, I think that there may be an individual or two who feel that way, but I think that's not the consensus at all. |
James Van Praagh | Whatever you may call him. The higher self of yourself, the God self, your Christ self, whatever you wan to call the higher part of yourself. |
King Constantine of Greece | May I say, Your Majesty, this has been a delight. I've looked forward to it. Wonderful talking with you. And I look forward to meeting you in person in Athens at the next Olympics. |
Robert Atkins | Rarely. I may take a bite of that but basically I just have a lot of vegetables and mostly the green ones and I eat about as many vegetables as the average vegetarian, I would think. |
Rosemary Clooney | In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble, they are only made of clay/ but our love is here to stay/ our love is here to stay. |
Rush Limbaugh | Global warming may be good, for all we know. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Posterity may have cause to regret if from any motive intervals of tranquility are left unimproved for accelerating this valuable end. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Protection from casual embarrassments, however, may sometimes be seasonably interposed. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | There is a belief abroad that by invoking technicalities, subterfuge, and delay, the ends of justice may be thwarted by those who can pay the cost. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Democratic systems are being fostered to the end that the voice of the common man may be heard in the councils of his government. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | For as such things come to pass, the more certain will be the coming of that day when our peoples may freely meet in friendship. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Progress may be slow--measured in inches and feet, not miles--but we will progress. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Something tells me a number of taxpayers may take us up on this one. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Now, you may find that uncomfortable when you look around here. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | An Iraqi regime faced with its own demise may attempt cruel and desperate measures. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "May" is generally used as a modal auxiliary verb -- approximately 87.95% of the time. "May" is used about 128,377 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 |
| Modal Auxiliary Verb | 87.95% | 112,904 | 86 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.86% | 15,226 | 609 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.18% | 231 | 19,761 |
| Total | 100.00% | 128,377 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "May" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| May | First name Female | 29,000 | 472 |
| May | Last name | 40,000 | 264 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Malaysia | Park May Berhad | USA | The May Department Stores Co |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. May, OK (town, FIPS 47000) 2. May, TX |
Expressions using "May": 8 May 1945 ♦ april showers bring may flowers ♦ as it may happen ♦ as it may turn out ♦ as luck may have it ♦ as the case may be ♦ be that as it may ♦ call diversion may occur indicator ♦ Cape May ♦ Cape May County ♦ Cape May Court H ♦ Cape May Court House ♦ Cape May Point ♦ Cape May warbler ♦ come what may ♦ cost what it may ♦ Devil may care ♦ firm of may ♦ first of May ♦ from this it may be concluded that ♦ Gloria May Josephine Svensson ♦ happen what may ♦ he may arrive ♦ he that runs may read ♦ however clever he may be ♦ however poor he may be ♦ however that may be ♦ i may ♦ if one may be so bold ♦ in mid may ♦ it may ♦ it may be ♦ it may be so ♦ it may not come to that ♦ it may prove useful at a pinch ♦ it may seem so ♦ Italian may ♦ let those believe who may ♦ long may he live! ♦ Louisa May Alcott ♦ may 1 ♦ may 24 ♦ may and december ♦ may apple ♦ may be ♦ may be in need of it ♦ may beetle ♦ May beetles ♦ may blob ♦ may bloom ♦ may bug ♦ may bush ♦ May curlew ♦ may day ♦ May dew ♦ may do ♦ May flower ♦ May fly ♦ May fowl ♦ May game ♦ may he rest in peace ♦ may he rest in peace! ♦ may i ..? ♦ may i ask you if? ♦ may i have ..? ♦ may i have a word with you? ♦ may i have it for my own? ♦ may i have some more? ♦ may i have some of this cake? ♦ may i speak to ..? ♦ may i speak with ..? ♦ may i take the liberty? ♦ may i trouble you for the salt? ♦ may i trouble you with this parcel? ♦ may i! ♦ may it be accursed! ♦ may it please god to grant it! ♦ May lady ♦ May laws ♦ may lily ♦ may not ♦ May pole ♦ may queen ♦ may success attend you! ♦ May thorn ♦ May whaap ♦ May whaup ♦ may wine ♦ may you be happy together! ♦ may you! ♦ mid may ♦ mid of may ♦ much good may it do him! ♦ much good may it do you! ♦ National 4 and 5 May Committee,National Remembrance and Liberation Day ♦ North Cape May ♦ of may ♦ one may ♦ one may have it for ♦ pay as may be paid ♦ queen of May. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "May": May-august, may-blossom, may-brick, may-care, May-day, may-early, may-fly, May-grunwald, May-gurney, May-july, May-june, may-morning, May-november, May-october, may-poled, may-poles, May-september, may-time, May-weggen. | |
Ending with "May": April-may, End-may, India-may, Luxmoore-may. | |
Containing "May": devil-may-care, devil-may-care-image, Klerer-May System, pringle-and-sons-how-may-i-help-you, What-may-perhaps-be. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
cape may new jersey | 3,186 | mathilda may | 175 |
robinsons may | 2,726 | department may robinsons store | 172 |
cape may | 2,324 | louisa may alcott | 172 |
devil may cry | 1,894 | brian may | 165 |
devil may cry 2 | 996 | co may | 164 |
may robinson | 784 | may day | 161 |
company may | 699 | cape may court house nj | 152 |
may | 654 | come what may | 148 |
teresa may | 651 | andersen may | 144 |
may department store | 432 | fanny may | 131 |
cape may ferry | 403 | may movie | 111 |
cape may hotel | 388 | come what may lyrics | 110 |
cape may lewes ferry | 311 | cape may zoo | 108 |
fannie may | 299 | 2003 may | 106 |
2 cheat cry devil may | 285 | memphis in may | 105 |
2 cry devil may through walk | 258 | may ralphie | 104 |
cheat for devil may cry | 245 | hand maid may | 100 |
devil may cry walk through | 228 | may.com robinsons | 99 |
what dream may come | 203 | department may robinson store | 99 |
cape may bed breakfast | 176 | earl may | 96 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "May"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Mei, mag (ability, be able, be able to, be allowed to, force, have, have the right to, power, strength, vigour), kan (be able, be able to, can, could). (various references) | |
Albanian | maj, mund (be able, can, conquer, floor, it's possible, overcome, plough under, vanquish, whack, whip, worst). (various references) | |
Arabic | مايو, نوار, قد (already, may do, perhaps), الشهر الخامس, آيار, ربيع العمر, ربما (at times, likely, maybe, might, perhaps, possibly, probably, supposedly). (various references) | |
Asturian | mayu. (various references) | |
Aymara | qasïwi. (various references) | |
Basque | maiatza. (various references) | |
Bemba | ulusaba lunono. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | aapistsísskitsaato's. (various references) | |
Breton | mae. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | глогов цвят, мога (can, know), майски, май. (various references) | |
Catalan | maig. (various references) | |
Cebuano | Mayo. (various references) | |
Chamorro | Mayu. (various references) | |
Chinese | 能 (able, can, capable, energy), 五月 (fifth month), 可以 (able to, can, possible), 可 (able to, can, certain, to suit), 5月 (Mays). (various references) | |
Cornish | mýs-Mé. (various references) | |
Croatian | svibanj. (various references) | |
Czech | kvìten. (various references) | |
Danish | maj. (various references) | |
Dutch | mogen (appreciate, be allowed to, have the right to, like), mei, bloeimaand. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | mayu. (various references) | |
Esperanto | majo. (various references) | |
Estonian | mai. (various references) | |
Faeroese | mai. (various references) | |
Farsi | میتوان , ممکن است (Perchance, Perhaps), ماه مه , قادربودن , تواناءی داشتن , جشن اول ماه مه , ایکاش (Would), امکان داشتن , انشاء الله (Amen), ریعان شباب , شاید (Belike, Lest, Like, Maybe, Peradventure, Perchance, Perhaps). (various references) | |
Finnish | toukokuu. (various references) | |
Flemish | mei, kunnen, kan (can). (various references) | |
French | mai. (various references) | |
French Canadian | mai. (various references) | |
Frisian | maaie. (various references) | |
Galician | maio. (various references) | |
German | Mai, darf (can), dürfen (be able, be able to, be allowed, be allowed to, be permitted, can, dared, durst, have the right to, to be allowed, to be permitted), mag (likes, might), mögen (appreciate, be fond of, have, like, love, make love, require, take to, to like, want), kann (can, could, might, nicht cannot). (various references) | |
Greek | Μάης (May 1), μπορώ (be able to, can, may 2), μάιοσ, μάησ, μακάρι (I wish, wish), ενδέχεται (it is likely, it is possible, it may), επιτρέπεται, ασ (I wish, if only, let), δύναμαι (be able to, can), ίσωσ (maybe, peradventure, perhaps). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | me. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | maj. (various references) | |
Hebrew | להיות מותר (can), להיות יכול, להיות עלול ל-, להיות אפשר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | május, lehet (one may, possible), -het (can). (various references) | |
Icelandic | maí. (various references) | |
Indonesian | mudah-mudahan (hopefully, if possible, perhaps, so be it, who knows), dapat (be able, be obtained, can, obtain), boleh. (various references) | |
Irish | bealtaine, an Bhealtaine. (various references) | |
Italian | maggio, potere (be able, be able to, be allowed, be likely, be per, can, have an effect, know, power). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 宜しい (all right, can, fine, good, OK, very well, will do). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | であろう (I fear, I hope, I think, it seems, probably, surely, will), かもしれない (may be, might, perhaps, possibly), ごがつ, よろしい (all right, can, fine, good, OK, very well, will do). (various references) | |
Kongo | Ngonda ya ntanu. (various references) | |
Korean | 오월 (Mays). (various references) | |
Lombard | magg. (various references) | |
Luganda | muzigo. (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | mee (but). (various references) | |
Macedonian | Maj. (various references) | |
Malagasy | may. (various references) | |
Malay | Mei, bulan Mei. (various references) | |
Manx | Yn chied vee jeh'n Tourey, Toshiaght Souree, Mee ny Cooagyn, foddee (can, maybe, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly, probably), drine (hawthorn, thorn bush, thorn tree). (various references) | |
Maori | Mei. (various references) | |
Mohawk | Onerahtokkowa. (various references) | |
Norwegian | mai. (various references) | |
Occitan | poder (be able, be allowed, can I, may I). (various references) | |
Papago | Ko'ok Mashath. (various references) | |
Papiamen | mei. (various references) | |
Pidgin English | may. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aymay.(various references) | |
Polish | mieć prawo (have the right to), maj. (various references) | |
Portuguese | Maio. (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | podem (can, they can), pode (can, it can, one can, you can). (various references) | |
Provencal | mai. (various references) | |
Romanian | mai (afresh, again, all over again, anew, another, approximative, beater, beetle, else, heh, heyday, I say, mallet, more, no, oh my, once more, paddle, rammer, really, rubbish, still). (various references) | |
Ruanda | ukwezi kwa gatanu. (various references) | |
Russian | мочь (be able, be able to, be encouraged, be in position to, can, could, might as well), майский, май, быть вероятным, иметь возможность. (various references) | |
Samoan | Me. (various references) | |
Scottish | céitean (beginning of summer). (various references) | |
Sepedi | Mosegamanye. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | moći (be able, can), mladost (adolescence, youth), majski, maj, smeti (be permitted, dare). (various references) | |
Slovene | maj. (various references) | |
Somali | maajo, ma (are we, can, can I, could, could you, do, do you, have, I don't, is it, may I, may you, no, not, we don't, will we, would). (various references) | |
Sotho | motsheanong, ka (and, at, by, in, me, my, on, that, through, to, with). (various references) | |
Spanish | mayo (maypole), poder (ability, ascendancy, authority, be able, be able to, can, capability, capacity, dominion, ennoblement, know how, might, mightiness, power, power of attorney, puissance, sway, to be able, warrant). (various references) | |
Swahili | Mei. (various references) | |
Swazi | í-Nkhwekhwéti. (various references) | |
Swedish | får (get, gets, jumbuck, mayst, mutton, sheep), maj, måtte (hope, must). (various references) | |
Tagalog | mayo, Máyo, puwede (can). (various references) | |
Tahitian | m’. (various references) | |
Thai | เดือนพฤษภาคม, พฤษภาคม. (various references) | |
Tswana | motsheganong. (various references) | |
Turkish | mayis, mayýs, mayıs çiçeği, mayıs, mümkün olmak (be possible, might), olası olmak (be likely, be possible, might), gençlik (adolescence, bloom, dew, green, juvenescence, juvenility, prime, puppyhood, the young, young generation, youth, youthful, youthfulness), -ebilmek (be able to, can, might), bahar (flower, spice, spring, springtide, springtime, youth), akdiken (Buckthorn, Cockspur, haw, hawthorn, quickset, whitethorn), -abilmek (might). (various references) | |
Turkmen | mьmkin (may 1, possible), maя (instant, May 2, moment), salawmaleяkim (may peace be upon you). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | травень, могти (be able), мати можливість, змогти, збирати квіти навесні. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thiếu nữ (damsel, demoiselle, maiden, teen-ager, teener, wench), người trinh nữ, cô gái (lass, wench). (various references) | |
Welsh | Mai (that it is). (various references) | |
Wolof | mee. (various references) | |
Xhosa | eka-canzibe. (various references) | |
Zulu | uMeyi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amnonis, id, idumea, idumeae, idumeam, idumeas, idumei, idumeorum, idumeos, idumeum, idumeus, iesmaias, maiorum, maius, Majus, Maius mensis, non, nona, nonadecima, nonam, noneas, tholomai. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | motan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 20, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai o poiwn auta en toiV epithdeumasin autou sumpodisqhsetai neaniskoV meta osiou kai euqeia h odoV autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ex studiis suis intellegitur puer si munda et si recta sint opera eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Of his studies is the child vnderstonde, if riyt ben and clene the workis of hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 20, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Bisan ang usa ka bata magapaila sa iyang kaugalingon pinaagi sa iyang mga buhat, Kong ang iyang buhat maputi ba ug kong kini matarung ba. |
| Chinese | 孩 童 的 動 作 、 是 清 潔 、 是 正 直 、 都 顯 明 他 的 本 性 。 |
| Croatian | I dijete se poznaje po onome što èini, je li èisto i pravedno djelo njegovo. |
| Danish | Selv Drengen kendes på det, han gør, om han er ren og ret hans Færd. |
| Dutch | Een jongen zal ook door zijn handelingen zich bekend maken, of zijn werk zuiver, en of het recht zal wezen. |
| Finnish | Teoistansa tuntee jo poikasenkin, onko hänen menonsa puhdas ja oikea. |
| French | L`enfant laisse déjà voir par ses actions Si sa conduite sera pure et droite. |
| German | Auch einen Knaben kennt man an seinem Wesen, ob er fromm und redlich werden will. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Yon timoun moutre ou sa l'ap soti nan sa l'ap fè. Ou ka di si l'ap serye, si l'ap bon. |
| Hungarian | Az õ cselekedetibõl ismerteti meg magát még a gyermek is, ha tiszta-é, és ha igaz-é az õ cselekedete. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dari perbuatan anak dapat diketahui apakah kelakuannya baik dan lurus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau budak sekalipun, maka suka ia berpura-pura dalam perbuatannya, seolah-olah semuanya betul dan benar barang yang diperbuatnya itu. |
| Italian | Gia con i suoi giochi il fanciullo dimostra se le sue azioni saranno pure e rette. |
| Maori | ¶ He tamariki nei ano ka mohiotia ki ana hanga, he ma ranei, he tika ranei tana mahi. |
| Norwegian | Allerede den unge gutt viser ved sine gjerninger om hans ferd vil bli ren og rett. |
| Portuguese | Até a criança se dá a conhecer pelas suas ações, se a sua conduta é pura e reta. |
| Rumanian | Copilul lasq sq se vadq kncq din faptele lui dacq purtarea lui va fi curatq wi fqrq prihanq. - |
| Russian | нПЦОП ХЪОБФШ ДБЦЕ ПФТПЛБ РП ЪБОСФЙСН ЕЗП, ЮЙУФП МЙ Й РТБЧЙМШОП МЙ ВХДЕФ РПЧЕДЕОЙЕ ЕЗП. |
| Spanish | Aun el muchacho es conocido por sus hechos, si su conducta es pura y recta. |
| Swedish | Redan barnet röjer sig i sina gärningar, om dess vandel är rättskaffens och redlig. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "May": maya, mayan, mayapple, mayapples, mayas, maybe, maybes, maybush, maybushes, mayday, maydays, mayed, mayest, mayflies, mayflower, mayflowers, mayfly, mayhap, mayhem, mayhems, maying, mayings, mayo, mayonnaise, mayonnaises, mayor, mayoral, mayoralties, mayoralty, mayoress, mayoresses, mayors, mayos, maypole, maypoles, maypop, maypops, mays, mayst, mayvin, mayvins, mayweed, mayweeds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "May": dismay, gamay. (additional references) | |
Words containing "May": dismayed, dismaying, dismayingly, dismays, gamays, undismayed. (additional references) | |
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"May" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amay, ami, amj, amyg, amyr, amys, amyu, Bmya, emay, imay, m'a, mab, Maby, mady, maf, mah, Mahy, Maiyu, maj, Maly, Mamy, maq, mau, mav, maxy, Maye, mayi, mayyu, Mbaya, mbaye, meafy, mecy, medy, meey, megy, mety, mewy, Mey, meya, meye, Mezy, mfy, mgy, miai, micy, mii, mij, miq, miqy, mivy, mixy, miy, Miya, mizy, mjay, mjy, mk, Mlyn, moai, moay, moby, moey, mogy, mopy, moy, Moyn, mozy, Mqa, Msai, muay, muj, muy, mva, mwah, m'y, myar, myi, myp, myr, myz, mza, omai, Omya, qay, Qma, smey, uay, Umayr, vma, Xmai, xmax. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "May" (pronounced mā") |
| 2 | m ā" | dismay, Mae. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: yam. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-y" | |
-1 letter: am, ay, ma, my, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-y" | |
+1 letter: amyl, army, cyma, gamy, many, maya, mayo, mays, mazy, myna, yams. | |
+2 letters: abysm, ambry, amity, amply, amyls, anomy, atomy, balmy, barmy, beamy, campy, cymae, cymar, cymas, embay, etyma, flamy, foamy, gamay, gamey, gammy, hammy, jammy, lamby, loamy, madly, malmy, malty, mamey, mammy, mangy, manly, marly, marry, marvy, mashy, massy, matey, mayan, mayas, maybe, mayed, mayor, mayos, mayst, mealy, meany, meaty, moray, mynah, mynas, myoma, palmy, rammy, seamy, swamy, tammy, tryma, yamen, yamun. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Frequency 18. Names: Company Usage 19. Cities 20. Expressions | 21. Expressions: Internet 22. Translations: Modern 23. Translations: Ancient 24. Bible Trace | 25. Abbreviations 26. Acronyms 27. Derivations 28. Rhymes | 29. Anagrams 30. Bibliography |
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