cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
plan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: plăn
ipa: /plæn/
note: /æ/ tensing
ipa: [plɛən]
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: plans
form: planning
form: planned
form: planned
Etymology: Borrowed from French plan (“a ground-plot of a building”), from plan (“flat”), a later form of the vernacular plain, from Latin planus (“flat, plane”); see plain, plane.
Senses: examples: text: The architect planned the building for the client.
glosses: To design (a building, machine, etc.).
examples: text: They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
glosses: To create a plan for.
examples: text: He planned to go, but work intervened.
text: It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
ref: 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
glosses: To intend.
examples: text: They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
glosses: To make a plan.
Derived terms: counterplan
foreplan
misplan
outplan
overplan
plan ahead
plannability
plannable
plannee
planner
plan on
plan out
preplan
replan
underplan
private cost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: private costs
Senses: glosses: A cost incurred in the production process by the producer; including tax and profit margins that are anticipated.
tea
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tē
ipa: /tiː/
ipa: [tʰɪj ~ tʰiː]
enpr: tē
ipa: /ti/
ipa: [tʰi]
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tee
homophone: ti
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: more tea
form: most tea
form: tay
Etymology: First appears c. 1655, in the writings of Álvaro Semedo. From Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”). Introduced to English and other Western European languages by the Dutch East India Company, who sourced their tea in Amoy; compare Malay teh along the same trade route. Doublet of chai and cha (and, distantly, the first element of lahpet), from same Proto-Sino-Tibetan root; see discussion of cognates.
Cognates
The word for “tea” in many languages is of Sinitic origin (due to China being the origin of the plant), and thus there are many cognates; see translations. These are from one of two proximate sources, reflected in the phonological shape: forms with a stop (e.g. /t/) are derived from Min Nan tê, while forms with an affricate (e.g. /tʃ/) are derived from other Sinitic languages, like Mandarin chá or Cantonese caa4 (all written as 茶). Different languages borrowed one or the other form (specific language and point in time varied), reflecting trade ties, generally Min Nan tê if by ocean trade from Fujian, Cantonese caa4 if by ocean trade from Guangdong, or northern Chinese chá if by overland trade or by ocean trade from India.
Thus Western and Northern European languages borrowed tê (with the exception of Portuguese, which uses chá; despite being by ocean trade, their source was in Macao, not Amoy), while chá borrowings are used over a very large geographical area of Eurasia and Africa: Southern and Eastern Europe, and on through Turkish, Arabic, North and East Africa, Persian, Central Asian, and Indic languages. In Europe the tê/chá line is Italian/Slovene, Hungarian/Romanian, German/Czech, Polish/Ukrainian, Baltics/Russian, Finnish/Karelian, Northern Sami/Inari Sami. tê was also borrowed in European trade stops in Southern India and coastal Africa, though chá borrowings are otherwise more prevalent in these regions, via Arabic or Indic, due to earlier trade. The situation in Southeast Asia is complex due to multiple influences, and some languages borrowed both forms, such as Malay teh and ca.
Sense 10 (“information, especially gossip”) may be originally from T standing for truth, which evolved into tea. An alternative explanation dates back to gay African-American culture in the 1970s and alludes to women gossiping over afternoon tea.
Senses: glosses: Good-looking, sexy.
tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tē
ipa: /tiː/
ipa: [tʰɪj ~ tʰiː]
enpr: tē
ipa: /ti/
ipa: [tʰi]
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tee
homophone: ti
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: teas
Etymology: Semantic loan from Chinese 茶 (chá, “tea”).
Senses: glosses: A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea.
Synonyms: word: cha
word: char
word: Rosie
word: Rosie Lee
word: Rosy
word: Rosy Lee
word: tay
word: tea
word: wet and warm
Hypernyms: word: beverage
Hyponyms: word: Assam
word: Assam tea
word: Berinag
word: Berinag tea
word: black tea
word: bohea
word: boba
word: boba tea
word: bo lei
word: bubble tea
word: builder's tea
word: camomile
word: camomile tea
word: Ceylon
word: Ceylon tea
word: chai
word: chai tea
word: china
word: congo
word: congou
word: cowslip
word: cowslip tea
word: cream tea
word: Darjeeling
word: Darjeeling tea
word: Devonshire tea
word: fruit tea
word: gunpowder
word: gunpowder tea
word: gumboot tea
word: green tea
word: herb tea
word: herbal tea
word: iced tea
word: jasmine tea
word: kongo
word: lapsang souchong
word: masala chai
word: milk tea
word: mint tea
word: Nilgiri
word: Nilgiri tea
word: oolong
word: oolong tea
word: orange pekoe
word: pearl tea
word: pekoe
word: pink tea
word: pu'er
word: pu-erh
word: red tea
word: rooibos tea
word: souchong
word: sun tea
word: sweet tea
word: white tea
word: yellow tea
Achaian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Achaean.
Achaian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Achaians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Achaean.
achenial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From achene + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to an achene.
Acheron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/
ipa: /ˈæ.kəɹ.ɔn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), probably Pre-Greek but folk-etymologically said to be from ἄχος (ákhos, “pain, distress”) + ῥέον (rhéon, “stream”).
Senses: examples: text: And pull her out of Acheron by the heels
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
text: Acheron and Phlegeton, which a subterraneous fire causes to boil, are the billows of that hell which was visited by Æneas.
ref: 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[[Book XIII. Vesuvius and the plain of Naples.] Chap[ter] IV.] The extempore effusion of Corinna on the Plain of Naples.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 234:
text: Behold! I rise from primal silence / As a storm crushing dismal shores ov Acheron
ref: 2009, Behemoth, The Seed ov I:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
glosses: Hell
glosses: A small town in Victoria, Australia.
Coordinate terms: Cocytus
Eridanos
Lethe
Phlegethon
Styx
Derived terms: Acheronian
Related terms: Acherontic
Acheron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/
ipa: /ˈæ.kəɹ.ɔn/
Forms: form: Asheron
Senses: glosses: A language of Sudan.
achievable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈt͡ʃivəbəl/
Forms: form: more achievable
form: most achievable
Etymology: From achieve + -able.
Senses: examples: text: achievable goal
text: achievable result
text: achievable score
text: Kelly adds that "more electric haulage of freight, therefore speeding it up" is key here. And he hopes that is achievable in the next five years.
ref: 2025 October 1, Richard Wilcock, “There is more to be proud of in the railway than we sometimes allow ourselves to see”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 40:
glosses: Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable.
glosses: Not linked to fate or outside influences.
Derived terms: nonachievable
unachievable
Related terms: achievability
achievance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈt͡ʃiː.vəns/
rhymes: -iːvəns
Forms: form: achievances
Etymology: From achieve + -ance, parallel to Middle French achevance.
Senses: glosses: An achievement.
béret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bérets
Senses: examples: text: The béret, heretofore peculiar to the Latin Quarter and the head of Jean Borotra, has now been seen on the Prince of Wales and General Trotter. Telegraphic dispatches from Biarritz reported that the two men were observed on the golf course ‘wearing bérets adjusted at exactly the right angle.’
ref: 1926 November, “[Life, Letters, and the Arts] Bérets”, in The Living Age, volume 331, number 4293, Boston, Mass.: The Living Age Company, pages 274–275:
text: By the older villagers the whole idea is looked upon as nothing less than madness, and is classed by them with the wearing of bérets by young men, the drawing of the “idle money,” and the carrying of a comb with which to smooth back a cascade of hair that otherwise might interfere seriously with its owner’s vision.
ref: 1934, Punch, or The London Charivari, volume 186, page 270, column 2:
text: For school and sport wear, bérets and caps have superseded more conventional forms of headdress for boys and girls alike.
ref: 1936, Lawrence Augustus Averill, “Adolescent Interests”, in Adolescence: A Study in the Teen Years, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 182:
text: Youth and agility characterize the white-clad figures wearing bérets and Basque sandals.
ref: 1936, Amy Oakley, The Heart of Provence, New York, N.Y.; London: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., page 178:
text: The Mülhauser Tagblatt, official Nazi daily paper for Upper Alsace, April, 1941: “Kreisleiter Murer took the opportunity to deliver a last warning to the few still living in Mülhaus who do not want to learn. It is that small clique of people who . . . walk about wearing bérets and converse in French. We can compel these people, and if they do not mend their ways, we can compel them more quickly than they expect. Müilhaus is a German town, and in a German town there is no room for people who do not want to be German.”
ref: 1944 September, “[Oppression and Terror] Enforced Germanisation”, in A Catalogue of Crime: An Outline Indictment of German War Guilt, Criminal War Aims and War-Time Excesses (Great Britain Ministry of Information, Miscellaneous Publications; 9), section III (German War Crimes and Excesses), pages 43–44:
text: They were surrounded by men and boys wearing bérets who, armed with cudgels, their aspect fierce and determined, clamoured in unison, “Death to Daladier!”
ref: 1956, Jean-Louis Curtis, translated by Humphrey Hare, “Fragments from a Dead World”, in The Side of the Angels, London: Secker & Warburg, part one, page 91:
text: “Hunters,” Armando says. / “Not so sure,” Paul replies. “Look how they’re dressed. Too neat and not outfitted for the cold. They’re wearing bérets, for God’s sake. Hunting? That dog’s a herder, not a hunting dog. They have a rifle. That doesn’t bother you?”
ref: 2018, Michael Barnes Selvin, All the Clouds, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 484:
glosses: Alternative spelling of beret.
miner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
homophone: minor
homophone: myna (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: miners
Etymology: From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner
text: The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.
text: Hui from Lin’an—especially those from the village of Huilong—were famously skilled miners and traveled long distances to work mines throughout the province.
ref: 2005, David G. Atwill, “Shades of Islam: The Muslim Yunnanese”, in The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:
text: Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
ref: 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:
glosses: A person who works in a mine.
glosses: An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
glosses: Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
glosses: Any bird of one of several species of Australian honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
examples: text: The move would have probably prevented Kazakhstan-based miners from accessing the bitcoin network.
ref: 2022 January 6, “Kazakhstan internet shutdown deals blow to global bitcoin mining operation”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
coordinate_terms: staker
glosses: Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
examples: text: The first miner to solve each puzzle would be awarded 50 new bitcoins, and the associated block of transactions would be added to the chain. The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes.
ref: 2011 November 23, Benjamin Wallace, “The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2025:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: A person who mines cryptocurrency.
Derived terms: aspen leaf blotch miner moth
campo miner
coalminer
coastal miner
common miner
creamy-rumped miner
cryptominer
dark-winged miner
data miner
freeminer
gold miner
goldminer
greyish miner
junior miner
leaf miner
leaf-miner
leaf-miner fly
long-faced miner bee
miner's lettuce
ninja miner
nonminer
puna miner
rufous-banded miner
short-billed miner
slender-billed miner
thick-billed miner
Related terms: mine
mining
miner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
homophone: minor
homophone: myna (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: miners
Etymology: From myna.
Senses: glosses: Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
Derived terms: bell miner
black-eared miner
noisy miner
yellow-throated miner
minor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnə/
homophone: miner
homophone: mynah (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: minors
form: minoring
form: minored
form: minored
form: miner
form: maner
form: minore
form: minour
form: mynor
form: mynour
form: mynowr
form: mi
Etymology: From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.
Senses: glosses: Used in a phrasal verb: minor in.
major
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: mā'jə
ipa: /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmeːd͡ʒɚ(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmæɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)]
rhymes: -eɪdʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: majors
form: majour
Etymology: From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.
Senses: examples: text: He used to be a major in the army.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
meronyms: drum major
trumpet major
antonyms: minor
glosses: A person of legal age.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Ellipsis of major key.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Ellipsis of major interval.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Ellipsis of major scale.
topics: campanology
entertainment
history
human-sciences
lifestyle
music
sciences
glosses: A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
examples: text: At the end of last year, the band re-signed to XL for another three albums, despite being chased by majors that included Island, says manager Mike Champion of Midi Management.
ref: 1997, Dominic Pride, “U.S. success caps global impact of XL's prodigy”, in Billboard, volume 109, number 30, page 86:
glosses: A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
examples: text: Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.
topics: education
synonyms: word: course
glosses: The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
examples: text: She is a math major.
topics: education
synonyms: word: course
glosses: The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of major term.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of major premise.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: Ellipsis of major suit.
topics: ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A touchdown, or major score.
qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: A goal.
glosses: An elder brother (especially at a public school).
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
glosses: Alternative form of mayor and mair.
Derived terms: double major
majordomo
majorette
majorize
majorship
midmajor
minimajor
nonmajor
premajor
woordie major
major
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: mā'jə
ipa: /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmeːd͡ʒɚ(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmæɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)]
rhymes: -eɪdʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: majors
form: majoring
form: majored
form: majored
form: majour
Etymology: From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.
Senses: glosses: Used in a phrasal verb: major in.
Derived terms: double-major
Related terms: majorant
recursive acronym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recursive acronyms
Etymology: From recursive + acronym, originating in early hacker culture and later popularized by Douglas Hofstadter.
Senses: examples: text: I used the odd variable name “tato”, mentioning that it is a recursive acronym standing for “tato (and tato only)”. Using this fact you can expand “tato” any number of times.
ref: 1983 April, Douglas R. Hofstadter, “Metamagical Themas”, in Scientific American, →ISSN, page 20:
glosses: An acronym in which a word (often the first) of the phrase represented by the acronym is the acronym itself.
wikipedia: Douglas Hofstadter
GNU Hurd
Related terms: macronym
RAS syndrome
PSX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Sony product codename.
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: PS1
PSOne
glosses: The original PlayStation, first released 1994.
topics: video-games
glosses: The PSX PlayStation, based on the original PlayStation, with an integrated DVD drive (2003).
Related terms: PS2
PS3
PSP
PS4
half-brother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-brothers
form: half-brethren
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of half brother.
half-sister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-sisters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of half sister.
stepsister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepsisters
form: step-sister
Etymology: From step- + sister.
Senses: glosses: The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
glosses: The stepdaughter of one's parent which is not one's half-sister.
Synonyms: stepsis
Hypernyms: stepdaughter
stepsibling
stepfamily
Derived terms: stepsister-in-law
Riksmål
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rigsmaal
form: Riksmaal
Etymology: From Norwegian riksmål.
Senses: glosses: A conservative variety of Bokmål that is closer to Danish, sometimes using unofficial spellings that have been removed from standard Bokmål.
Mykonos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μύκονος (Múkonos).
Senses: glosses: An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
Santorini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsantɒˈɹiːnɪ/
ipa: /ˌsantəˈɹiːnɪ/
ipa: /ˌsæntəˈɹini/
rhymes: -iːni
Forms: form: Santoríni
Etymology: From Greek Σαντορίνη (Santoríni), from Medieval Latin Santa Irini (“Saint Irene”), from St Irene as the patron of the parish church at Perissa under the Latin Empire.
Senses: synonyms: Thira
glosses: An island in the Cyclades, Greece.
wikipedia: Agape, Chionia, and Irene
Andros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
glosses: An island of the Bahamas.
Delos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).
Senses: examples: text: We may also conclude that as it was the Ionic γένη of the Attic tetrapolis who in the main achieved the Ionization of Athens, so it was a branch of this same stock that settled at Delos […]
ref: 2010, Lewis Richard Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States, page 108:
glosses: An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
Related terms: Delian
Delos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Delo
cos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑs/
ipa: /kɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
Forms: form: coses
Etymology: Clipping of cos lettuce, variously derived from the Greek island of Kos and from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.
synonyms: word: romaine lettuce
extra: a long-leaved variety of lettuce
cos
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑs/
ipa: /kɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kɑs/
ipa: /kɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
Senses: examples: text: Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes.
ref: 2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 161:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).
cos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑs/
ipa: /kɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kɑs/
ipa: /kɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kəz/
Forms: form: cosses
Etymology: Clipping of cousin.
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative form of coz, cousin.
cos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑs/
ipa: /kɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
Etymology: From co + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of co
cos
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑs/
ipa: /kɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
Forms: form: co's
Etymology: From co + -s.
Senses: examples: text: Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient coself, rather than on cos environment.
ref: 1973, Michael Glenn, Richard Kunnes, Repression or Revolution?: Therapy in the United States Today, Harper Colophon Books, →ISBN, page 53:
text: WHEREAS a child’s sexuality is just as much a part of cos whole person from birth as the blood that flows in cos veins, making cos sexual rights inherent and inalienable […]
ref: 1975, Valida Davila, “A Child’s Sexual Bill of Rights”, in Bernhardt J. Hurwood, editor, The Whole Sex Catalogue, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 287:
text: Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks beyond the point of having made satisfactory arrangements with the Community with regard to cos absence.
ref: 1986, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: Twin Oaks Community 1979-1982, Louisa, Va.: Twin Oaks Community, →OCLC, page 355:
glosses: Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.
cos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑs/
ipa: /kɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
ipa: /kəz/
ipa: /kʌz/
Forms: form: coses
form: cos
Senses: examples: text: The stages and distances are as follows:—Hitounda to Bhainsa Dobháng, 3½ cos; to Bhimphédy, 4 cos; to Tambakhâni, 3 cos; to Chitlong, 3 cos; to Thankot, 3 cos; to Káthmándú, 3 cos—Total, 19½ cos.
ref: 1857, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal, No. XXVII: Papers Relative to the Colonization, Commerce, Physical Geography, &c., &c., of the Himalaya Mountains and Nepal, p. 22
glosses: Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance.
Related terms: cosmid
Ionian Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ionian Islands
Senses: synonyms: Heptanese
glosses: A group of islands in the Ionian Sea – one of the 13 peripheries of Greece. The main islands are Cephalonia, Corfu, Ithaca, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxoi and Zante.
Derived terms: United States of the Ionian Islands
Related terms: Attica
Central Greece
Central Macedonia
Crete
East Macedonia and Thrace
Epirus
North Aegean
Peloponnese
South Aegean
Thessaly
West Greece
West Macedonia
Corfu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.fjuː/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.fuː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Corfù, from Ancient Greek Κορυφώ (Koruphṓ), from κορυφή (koruphḗ) ("summit", "mountain peak"). Named after the twin peaks of the Old Fortress of Corfu.
Senses: examples: text: Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.
ref: 2025 June 27, Michael M. Grynbaum, “The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2025:
glosses: An island of Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. The ancient name is Corcyra (Κόρκῡρα (Kórkūra), more often Κέρκῡρα (Kérkūra)), in Modern Greek Kérkira (Κέρκυρα (Kérkyra)).
glosses: The capital of Corfu.
Thira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪəɹə/
ipa: /ˈθɪɹə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹə
Forms: form: Thera
form: Thíra
Etymology: From Greek Θήρα (Thíra), inherited from Ancient Greek Θήρᾱ (Thḗrā).
Senses: glosses: Santorini (an island of Greece).
Lesvos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A borrowing or transliteration of Greek Λέσβος (Lésvos).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Lesbos.
Mytilene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mytilini
form: Mitylene
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μυτιλήνη (Mutilḗnē).
Senses: glosses: Lesbos.
glosses: The capital of Lesbos.
ereption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sudden snatching away.
egregious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/
ipa: /əˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒi.əs/
rhymes: -iːdʒəs
Forms: form: more egregious
form: most egregious
Etymology: From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock".
Senses: examples: text: The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
text: 16th century, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto,
I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
text: My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
text: Good Heaven! when we observe what egregious nonsense other people talk, what woful follies other people commit, sure we must be tempted to turn upon ourselves and ask—"What do I do that is equally silly?"
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 257:
text: 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/
When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
text: She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection ... It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal: ... her gorgeousness being so egregious that even breezes oblige with their tousle-fanning effects ...
ref: 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
glosses: Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
examples: text: Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]
ref: 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:
glosses: Outrageously bad; shocking.
Derived terms: egregiosity
egregiously
egregiousness
unegregious
Related terms: egregia cum laude
acerebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪbɹəl
-iːbɹəl
Etymology: From a- + cerebral.
Senses: examples: an acerebral organism
glosses: Without a brain
examples: He acted on reflex, an acerebral reaction to a situation beyond his control.
glosses: not using or involving the brain
alliaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more alliaceous
form: most alliaceous
Etymology: From Latin allium (“garlic”) + -aceous.
Senses: glosses: Smelling or tasting of garlic or onion.
Derived terms: alliaceousness
alliaphage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alliaphages
Senses: glosses: An eater of garlic.
alopecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæl.əʊˈpiː.ʃə/
enpr: ăl'-ō-pē"-shə
enpr: ăl'-ō-pē"-sē-ə
ipa: /æloʊˈpiː.ʃ(i)ə/
ipa: /æloʊˈpiː.si.ə/
rhymes: -iːʃə
Forms: form: alopecias
form: alopecy
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alopecia, from the Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía, “fox-mange”), from ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”) + -ία (-ía, a formative ending used in Ancient Greek, especially used in naming diseases).
Senses: glosses: Baldness.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by failure to grow or loss after growth.
examples: text: “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2,” Rock said in an apparent reference to her shaved hair, which is a result of the hair loss condition alopecia.
ref: 2022 March 28, Nadia Khomami, “‘Violence instead of words’: Will Smith condemned for hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars”, in The Guardian:
text: At least 40% of women experience hair loss or alopecia over their lifetimes. This could be alopecia areata (patchy hair loss), traction alopecia (strained hair loss) or another form. The different ways that women’s hair loss has been depicted across art history demonstrates the many different ways it has been interpreted over the years.
In 16th and 17th century Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery.
ref: 2024 March 31, Glen Jankowski, “Alopecia in art history: The many ways women’s hair loss has been interpreted”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.
Derived terms: alopecia adnata
alopecia androgenetica
alopecia areata
alopecia capitis totalis
alopecia congenitalis
alopecia hereditaria
alopecia liminaris frontalis
alopecia medicamentosa
alopecian
alopecia pityrodes
alopecia symptomatica
alopecia totalis
alopecia universalis
alopecist
androgenetic alopecia
androgenic alopecia
antialopecia
psychogenic alopecia
traction alopecia
traumatic alopecia
Related terms: alopecic
hypotrichosis
aprosexia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Inability to concentrate.
avuncular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈvʌŋkjʊlə/
ipa: /əˈvʌŋkjʊlɚ/
Forms: form: more avuncular
form: most avuncular
Etymology: From Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”).
Senses: examples: text: Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.
ref: 1997, David Nokes, Jane Austen: A Life:
text: In 2021, the Times described you as an “avuncular public intellectual.” How do you feel about that label?
[Stephen Fry:] Oh my lordy lord. Avuncular gives me great pleasure.
ref: 2025 June 19, Scott Heller, quoting Stephen Fry, “Stephen Fry Knows He’s Become a Middle-Aged Cliché”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: unclely
uncley
unclish
uncular
coordinate_terms: maternal
materteral
paternal
glosses: In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
examples: text: A man with such a nice, avuncular personality would not blow up the world.
ref: 1987 January, William Schneider, “The New Shape of American Politics”, in The Atlantic:
text: I imagine the Dreamward’s Hotel Manager to be an avuncular Norwegian with a rag sweater and a soothing odor of Borkum Rif about him, a guy w/o sunglasses or hauteur who throws open the pressurized doors to the Dreamward’s Bridge and galley and Vacuum Sewage System and personally takes me through, offering pithy and quotable answers to questions before I’ve even asked them.
ref: 1997, David Foster Wallace, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:
text: Thornton's reputation was that of a soft-hearted and avuncular veterinarian known for getting teary-eyed while listening to even slightly sentimental stories.
ref: 2003 September 20, Vicki Croke, “New leader of the MSPCA moves to tame budget woes”, in Boston Globe:
synonyms: kind
benevolent
glosses: Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.
Derived terms: avuncularism
avuncularity
avuncularly
unavuncular
uncular
Related terms: avunculate
Dutch uncle
battology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /baˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/
ipa: /bæˈtɑː.lə.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: battologies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαττολογία (battología, “stammering speech”).
Senses: examples: text: Logomachy, battology, jingling of words, are all these fine speeches!
ref: 1856, Henry Sutherland Edwards, Louis de Lom̂aenie, de Louis Léonard Loménie, Beaumarchais and His Times: Sketches of French Society in the Eighteenth Century, page 278:
text: This sonorous balance of phrase and epithet cannot always escape what Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words."
ref: 1900, Walter Alexander Raleigh, Milton, page 73:
text: For Watt's sense of chronology was strong, in a way, and his dislike of battology was very strong.
ref: 1959, Samuel Beckett, Watt, page 165:
text: Thus he objected to the battology of the Nicene Creed, 'God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,' because, he said, it 'adds neither to the emphasis nor the expressiveness of the document.'
ref: 2004, Paul Helm, John Calvin's Ideas, page 43:
text: “Battology” means pointlessly repeating the same thing over and over again. “Battology” means pointlessly repeating the same thing over and over again.
ref: 2004, “Bats”, in QI, season B, episode 9, Stephen Fry (actor):
glosses: Continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas.
Related terms: battological
battologise
battologism
battologist
battologize
Chios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈki.ɑs/
ipa: /ˈkiː.ɒs/
Forms: form: Khios
form: Chio
form: Scio
form: Xio
Etymology: From Latin Chios, from Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos).
Senses: glosses: One of the Aegean islands of Greece.
glosses: The capital of the island of Chios, Greece.
glosses: A domestic sheep breed commonly accepted to be originated on the Greek island of Chios.
Synonyms: sense: town
word: Chora
Derived terms: Chian
Chiot
Khios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chios.
Chania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hania
Etymology: From Latin Chania, from Byzantine Greek Χανιά (Khaniá), from Arabic الخان (al-ḵān) + -ιά (-iá, “-ia: forming place names”), literally from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + خان (ḵān, “caravanserai, inn”) but possibly transliterating a neighborhood whose named derived from its former importance in the worship of the Minoan god Velchanos, whose Minoan name was transcribed into Ancient Greek as Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános).
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Chania regional unit, on the island of Crete, Greece.
glosses: A regional unit of Crete, around the city.
Synonyms: word: Canea
word: Cydonia
word: Kydonia
Hania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɑniə/
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish خانیه (Hanya) and irregular romanization of Greek Χανιά (Chaniá), q.v.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chania: a city and regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece.
Delphi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛlfi/
ipa: [ˈdɛɫfi]
rhymes: -ɛlfi
homophone: delfie
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí).
Senses: glosses: A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle.
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, as well a diminutive of Delphine.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A programming language dialect based on Pascal.
glosses: A method for obtaining consensus from a group of experts; see Delphi method in Wikipedia.
drama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɑːmə/
ipa: /ˈdɹɑmə/
ipa: /ˈdɹæmə/
ipa: /ˈdɹeɪmə/
rhymes: -ɑːmə
Forms: form: dramas
form: dramata
Etymology: From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”). Doublet of dorama.
Senses: examples: text: The author released her latest drama, which became a best-seller.
glosses: A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
glosses: Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.
glosses: Theatrical plays in general.
examples: text: After losing my job, having a car crash, and the big row with my neighbours, I don't need any more drama.
text: Thais have been gripped by the two-week drama unfolding at the Tham Luang cave system, and took to social media Sunday as rescue efforts unfolded.
ref: 2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com, CNN, retrieved 08 Jul 2018:
glosses: A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.
glosses: Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.
Synonyms: word: drama
word: play
Hyponyms: word: ballet
word: burlesque
word: comedy
word: farce
word: melodrama
word: minidrama
word: musical
word: music hall
word: opera
word: operetta
word: physical comedy
word: puppet show
word: slapstick
word: tragedy
word: tragicomedy
word: vaudeville
Meronyms: word: act
word: scene
word: entrance
word: exit
word: exposition
word: climax
word: dénouement
word: interlude
Derived terms: antidrama
Bibliodrama
biodrama
bonnet drama
C-drama
choreodrama
closet drama
comedy drama
costume drama
crunchy-gravel drama
cyberdrama
daytime drama
docudrama
drama documentary
drama farmer
dramafest
drama king
dramaless
dramality
drama llama
drama mask
dramamentary
dramamonger
drama queen
drama queenish
drama queenism
drama therapy
dramatic
dramatical
dramatically
dramaticity
dramatics
dramatism
dramatist
dramatization
dramatize
dramedy
dramystery
e-drama
high drama
J-drama
Karpman drama triangle
K-drama
kitchen sink drama
legitimate drama
melodrama
metadrama
microdrama
minidrama
monodrama
mysterama
nondrama
period drama
photodrama
psychodrama
revenge drama
save the drama for your mama
save the drama for your momma
sitdram
subdrama
tank drama
teen drama
teledrama
theodrama
Related terms: word: script
word: plot
word: actor
word: character
word: role
word: setting
word: stage
word: pantomime
Iraklion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Ηράκλειο (Irákleio).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Heraklion:
The capital of the regional unit of Heraklion and of the region of Crete, Greece.
glosses: Alternative form of Heraklion:
A regional unit in central Crete, Greece.
Heraklion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Herakleion
form: Iraklion
form: Iráklion
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Ηράκλειο (Irákleio).
Senses: glosses: The capital of the regional unit of Heraklion and of the region of Crete, Greece.
glosses: A regional unit in central Crete, Greece.
Ioannina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɔˈɑninɑ/
Forms: form: Ioánnina
form: Yannina
form: Yanina
form: Yannena
Etymology: From Greek Ιωάννινα (Ioánnina), possibly after Άγιος Ιωάννης (Ágios Ioánnis, “Saint John”).
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of the regional unit of Ioannina and region of Epirus, Greece.
glosses: A regional unit of Epirus, Greece.
Lamia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Greece.
Piraeus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪˈriːəs/
ipa: /pɪˈreɪəs/
Forms: form: Piræus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús).
Senses: glosses: A municipality and port in Greece, part of Athens agglomeration, the chief port of Athens, located on the Saronic Gulf.
glosses: A regional unit of Greece.
Related terms: Piraic
Salonika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From incomplete latinization of Byzantine Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē), clipping of Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field. Used chiefly as a calque of Ottoman Turkish سلانیك (Selânik) but with occasional reference to modern Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníki).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Salonica, synonym of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
wikipedia: Alexander the Great
Battle of Crocus Field
Cassander
Philip II of Macedonia
Thessalonike of Macedon
Salonica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Salonika
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Salonica, from Byzantine Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē), clipping of Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field. Sometimes parsed as a clipping within English of Thessalonica. Originally and still chiefly as a calque of Ottoman Turkish سلانیك (Selânik); now with occasional reference to modern Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníki).
Senses: examples: text: Sleeping-car passengers, however, will know little of their entry into Greece until, at 6 a.m. on the third morning after leaving Paris, the short train runs over the Vardar plain, with dawn glimpses of Mount Athos to the east and of cloud-capped Olympus across the gulf to the south, past the rebuilt yard and into the new passenger station at Salonica.
ref: 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:
glosses: Synonym of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
synonyms: word: Thessaloniki
extra: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece
wikipedia: Alexander the Great
Battle of Crocus Field
Cassander
Philip II of Macedonia
Thessalonike of Macedon
Derived terms: Gulf of Salonica
Thessaloniki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθɛsələˈniːki/
Etymology: From Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki), from Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field.
Senses: glosses: A port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
wikipedia: Alexander the Great
Battle of Crocus Field
Cassander
Philip II of Macedonia
Thessalonike of Macedon
Synonyms: english: now chiefly ancient and medieval contexts
translation: now chiefly ancient and medieval contexts
word: Thessalonica
word: Salonica
english: now chiefly Ottoman contexts
translation: now chiefly Ottoman contexts
word: Salonika
word: Solun
Related terms: Thessalonian
Thessalonians
Thessalonican