cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Philadelphia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪləˈdɛlfi.ə/
note: local
ipa: [fɪɫəˈdɜɫfi.ə]
Etymology: From Latin Philadelphia, from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from φιλάδελφος (philádelphos, “brother/sibling-loving”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming placenames”), from the combining form of φῐλέειν (phĭléein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”). In reference to the city in Turkey, named for the loyal Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamon. In reference to the city in Jordan, named for the incestuous Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt. In reference to the American city, named for the ancient towns as well as the Quaker William Penn's aim of fostering religious tolerance. Doublet of Filadelfia.
Senses: examples: text: Philadelphia police said they were investigating. No charges were immediately filed.
ref: 2025 May 5, “Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident”, in Associated Press:
synonyms: Philly
Killadelphia
City of Brotherly Love
glosses: The largest city in Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County; the former capital of the United States.
glosses: Former name of Amman: the capital of Jordan.
glosses: Former name of Alaşehir: a city, municipality, and district of Manisa Province, Turkey.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
A city, the county seat of Neshoba County, Mississippi.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
A town and village in Jefferson County, New York.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
A small city in Loudon County, Tennessee.
glosses: A village in Brandenburg, Germany; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
glosses: A village in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England; named for the city in Pennsylvania (OS grid ref NZ3352).
glosses: A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
Derived terms: Filthadelphia
New Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Philadelphia fleabane
Philadelphia ice cream
Philadelphia lily
Philadelphian
Philadelphia pepper pot
Philadelphia roll
Philly
Philthadelphia
West Philadelphia
Piedmont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːdmɒnt/
homophone: piedmont
Etymology: Derived from Italian Piemonte (“mountain foot”), from Medieval Latin Pedemontium, Pedemontis, from Latin ad pedem montium.
Senses: glosses: An administrative region in the north of Italy.
glosses: A geographic region and plateau of the eastern United States, between the Appalachian mountains and the coastal plain, extending from eastern Alabama to northern New Jersey.
glosses: A small city in Calhoun County and Cherokee County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
glosses: A small city in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A city in Canadian County and Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Anderson County and Greenville County, South Carolina, United States.
glosses: A small city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: A small town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A small municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
examples: text: As it was, Greece had no 'Piedmont' with which to begin her Unification – no Piedmont to make alliances with other states, no Piedmontese bureaucracy and diplomatic service, no well-equipped and well-supplied regular army.
ref: 1972, Dakin, The Unification of Greece, 1770–1923, →ISBN, page 262:
text: The rise of an independent Bulgarian state challenged the view of many Serbs that they were the "Piedmont" of the Balkans, the ones to unify all Balkan Slavs.
ref: 1994, White, The Territorial Component of Nationalism in Southeastern Europe: The Cases of the Hungarians, Romanians, and Serbs, page 273:
text: The more influental National Democratic party was founded in 1899, and it hoped to work through existing channels in Austria to create a separate Ukrainian province of eastern Galicia, which someday might become the Piedmont of an independent Ukrainian state on both sides of the Austro-Russian border.
ref: 2002, Magocsi, The Roots of Ukrainian Nationalism: Galicia as Ukraine's Piedmont, →ISBN, page 20:
topics: historiography
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any region that could serve as a basis for national unification, as Piedmont did for the Italian Risorgimento.
Meronyms: sense: administrative region of Italy
word: Alessandria
sense: administrative region of Italy
word: Asti
sense: administrative region of Italy
word: Biella
sense: administrative region of Italy
word: Cuneo
sense: administrative region of Italy
word: Novara
sense: administrative region of Italy
word: Turin
sense: administrative region of Italy
word: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
sense: administrative region of Italy
word: Vercelli
Derived terms: Piedmont blues
Piedmontese
piedmontite
Piedmontization
Piedmontize
Polynesia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒləˈniːzi.ə/
ipa: /ˌpɑːləˈniːʒə/
rhymes: -iːʒə
Etymology: Borrowed from French Polynésie, coined by Charles de Brosses in 1756, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”). According to Moon Handbooks Tahiti, de Brosses first used the term to refer to all Pacific islands. The present restricted use was established by J. S. C. Dumont d'Urville in 1832.
Senses: glosses: A continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.
wikipedia: Charles de Brosses
Jules Dumont d'Urville
Coordinate terms: Melanesia
Micronesia
Derived terms: Polynesid
Related terms: Polynesian
SNAFU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: enpr: snă'fo͞o
enpr: 'snăfo͞o
ipa: /snæˈfuː/
ipa: /ˈsnæfuː/
enpr: snă'fo͞o
enpr: 'snăfo͞o
ipa: /snæˈfu/
ipa: /ˈsnæfu/
rhymes: -uː
rhymes: -ɑːfuː
Forms: form: snafu
Etymology: The term was born during the Second World War as an acronym of the initials of the words situation normal, all fucked up, which summed up the chaos and confusion of the war from an individual soldier’s point of view.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of situation normal, all fucked up /situation normal, all fouled up.
SNAFU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: snă'fo͞o
enpr: 'snăfo͞o
ipa: /snæˈfuː/
ipa: /ˈsnæfuː/
enpr: snă'fo͞o
enpr: 'snăfo͞o
ipa: /snæˈfu/
ipa: /ˈsnæfu/
rhymes: -uː
rhymes: -ɑːfuː
Forms: form: SNAFUs
form: snafu
Etymology: The term was born during the Second World War as an acronym of the initials of the words situation normal, all fucked up, which summed up the chaos and confusion of the war from an individual soldier’s point of view.
Senses: glosses: A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.
examples: 2007, Susan Glairon, Paperwork SNAFU, The Daily Times-Call, LongmontFYI
Because of a paperwork snafu, he also hasn’t been able to get his Army discharge papers and is still listed as an active-duty soldier…
glosses: A major glitch or breakdown; a mistake or blunder.
Related terms: word: FUBAR
sense: Article on a military training cartoon character
word: Private Snafu
sense: Article on a military training cartoon character
english: a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
translation: a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
word: by Frank Capra in 1942. The stories were written by Theodor Geisel
newbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːbi/
ipa: /ˈnuːbi/
rhymes: -uːbi
Forms: form: newbies
form: noobie
Etymology: Uncertain: perhaps an alteration of newie with intrusive b (compare freebie), possibly a blend of newborn + baby, or perhaps a shortening of new boy or new beginner.
Senses: examples: text: He was a newbie to chemistry.
text: We’ve included some other acts you already know so you’ll get a feel for what the newbies sound like.
ref: 2020 January 23, Scottie Andrew, Allen Kim and Tiffany Baker, “How to talk about the Grammys best new artist nominees like a pro”, in CNN:
text: If you’re starting off skinny, you can probably get newbie gains for several months.
ref: 2024 September 13 [2023 March 31], Shane Duquette and Marco Walker-Ng, “The Newbie Gains Guide for Skinny Guys”, in Bony to Beastly:
glosses: A newcomer, someone new to something.
glosses: A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.
examples: text: If you find that you would prefer using the new printer most of the time, while using the original only when needed, you can make the newbie the default printer for your system.
ref: 2005, Rickford Grant, Linux Made Easy: The Official Guide to Xandros 3 for Everyday Users, San Francisco: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 155:
glosses: Anything recently introduced into a setting, especially something that replaces an older version.
Synonyms: novice
newcomer
newling
rookie
Coordinate terms: midbie
oldbie
Derived terms: -bie
cluebie
don't bite the newbie
newb
newbie gains
newbieness
noob
n00b
nub
flotsam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɒtsəm/
ipa: /ˈflɑtsəm/
rhymes: -ɒtsəm
Forms: form: flotsams
form: floatsam
form: floatsome
form: flotson
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to float”), of Germanic origin (See float.), + -aison, from Latin -atio.
Senses: examples: text: WORF: Sensors beginning to pick up small objects, sir.
PICARD: On screen.
RIKER: Doesn't look natural.
PICARD: Agreed. Enlarge and identify.
WORF: It looks like debris from a space vessel of some kind.
RIKER: It could be one of those ships that was orbiting Dytallix.
LA FORGE: We are in close proximity to that planet.
PICARD: Identify marks Mr. Worf.
WORF: Nothing so far. Sensors not detecting any bodies in the flotsam. But from the amount of the wreckage, I'm sorry sir, it can only be the Horatio. From the looks of it she's been totally destroyed.
ref: 1988 May 9, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Conspiracy (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:
text: STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
ref: 1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2024:
text: “What about that one?” “That'll do nicely. That gaggle of human flotsam doesn't even belong on the sea.”
ref: 2021 October 7, Shana Gohd, “The Siren” (0:17 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):
glosses: Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
Derived terms: flotsam and jetsam
Related terms: lagan
jetsam
derelict
salvage
flood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: flŭd
ipa: /flʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: floods
form: flooding
form: flooded
form: flooded
form: floud
Etymology: From Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots flude, fluid, Saterland Frisian Floud, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).
Senses: examples: People flooded into the streets in protest.
The basement flooded with rainwater.
glosses: To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
examples: text: The floor was flooded with beer.
text: They flooded the room with sewage.
glosses: To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
examples: text: The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.
text: Blackburn offered nothing going forward in the opening period and that continued after the break, encouraging City to flood forward.
ref: 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0 - 4 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
text: The iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct was flooded with blue light to show support for the National Health Service staff treating Coronavirus patients.
ref: 2020 April 22, “Glenfinnan turns blue to honour NHS workers”, in Rail, page 9:
glosses: To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
examples: text: There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.
ref: 1998, Dr. Cat, “Furry web site plug”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):
glosses: To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
glosses: To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
Synonyms: sense: overflow
word: overfill
sense: cover
word: inundate
sense: provide with large number
word: inundate
sense: provide with large number
word: swamp
sense: provide with large number
word: deluge
sense: overwhelm a chatroom or forum
word: spam
Derived terms: beflood
counterflood
crapflood
downflood
floodable
flooder
floodlamp
floodlight
flood out
flood the zone
overflood
reflood
shitflood
unflood
upflood
Related terms: barrage
deluge
dump
gush
hail
heap
inundate
pour
rain
shower
stream
swamp
import
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭmʹpôt
ipa: /ˈɪm.pɔːt/
enpr: ĭmʹpôrt
ipa: /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ĭmʹpōrt
ipa: /ˈɪm.po(ː)ɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈɪm.poət/
enpr: ĭmʹpôt
ipa: /ˈɪm.pɔːt/
enpr: ĭmʹpôrt
ipa: /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ĭmʹpōrt
ipa: /ˈɪm.po(ː)ɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈɪm.poət/
Forms: form: imports
Etymology: From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“I carry, bear; convey”).
Senses: examples: text: Trump’s July 8 announcement of a 50% tariff on copper imports beginning August 1 sent prices surging 13% in one day, up to a record high of $5.69 per pound.
ref: 2025 July 17, John Towfighi, “Copper prices have surged to record highs — and they could jump higher. Here’s why”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
glosses: The practice of importing.
examples: text: It was a matter of great import.
text: There is, too, a little mentioned aspect of the tunnel which contributes to its failings. You never see the sea while approaching it from either the British or French side. That takes away from the import of the journey - a historic link between Britain and the continent. Instead, it is just a tunnel.
ref: 2023 December 27, Christian Wolmar, “Hope springs eternal for greater use of the Channel Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 999, page 26:
glosses: Clipping of importance.
glosses: A foreigner playing in a sports league.
Synonyms: sense: the practice of importing
word: importation
sense: significance
word: importancy
sense: significance
word: importance
sense: significance
word: meaning
sense: significance
word: purport
sense: significance
word: significance
sense: significance
word: tenor
sense: significance
word: weight
Derived terms: antiimport
importless
invisible import
nonimport
parallel import
reimport
reverse import
import
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭmpôtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpɔːt/
enpr: ĭmpôrtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpɔɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ĭmpōrtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɪmˈpoət/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
enpr: ĭmpôtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpɔːt/
enpr: ĭmpôrtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpɔɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ĭmpōrtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɪmˈpoət/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: imports
form: importing
form: imported
form: imported
Etymology: From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“I carry, bear; convey”).
Senses: examples: text: Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.
antonyms: export
glosses: To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
examples: text: How can I import files from older versions of this application?
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: export
glosses: To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
Derived terms: importability
importable
important
importation
importee
importer
importin
importome
nonimported
nonimporting
overimport
reimport
unimported
unimporting
import
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭmpôtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpɔːt/
enpr: ĭmpôrtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpɔɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ĭmpōrtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɪmˈpoət/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
enpr: ĭmpôtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpɔːt/
enpr: ĭmpôrtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpɔɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ĭmpōrtʹ
ipa: /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɪmˈpoət/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: imports
form: importing
form: imported
form: imported
Etymology: From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō.
Senses: examples: text: See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.
ref: 1661, Thomas Salusbury, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
examples: text: This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.
ref: 1593, Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost:
text: If I endure it, what imports it you?
ref: 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
glosses: To be of importance to (someone or something).
examples: text: It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
ref: 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
glosses: To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
examples: text: It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
ref: 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci:
glosses: To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
examples: text: Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: To mean, signify.
glosses: To express, to imply.
crackdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crackdowns
Etymology: Deverbal from crack down.
Senses: examples: text: After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.
ref: 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013:
text: In the last two years crackdowns on various sectors of the economy, as well as prominent Chinese businessmen, have caused uncertainty. These have recently widened to include foreign nationals and firms, heightening worries in the international business community.
ref: 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
coordinate_terms: clampdown
glosses: Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.
incarcerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈkɑɹ.səˌɹeɪt/
Forms: form: incarcerates
form: incarcerating
form: incarcerated
form: incarcerated
form: encarcerate
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātus, perfect passive participle of incarcerō (“to imprison”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin in- (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Senses: examples: text: Tolokonnikova has also been an effective public speaker even while incarcerated, but she has spoken out on politics and freedom in general rather than prisoners’ rights.
ref: 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, “Life in a Russian Prison”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022, retrieved 24 Sep 2013:
text: In 2021, a judge found that Angola was providing inadequate medical care to its incarcerated population.
ref: 2025 September 3, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devon M. Sayers, “Trump administration to open new ICE facility at notorious Louisiana prison”, in CNN:
synonyms: imprison
jail
glosses: To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
glosses: To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
Derived terms: disincarcerate
incarcerable
incarceration
incarcerator
nonincarcerated
overincarcerate
overincarcerated
reincarcerate
unincarcerated
Related terms: cancel
cancer
carceral
carcerate
chancel
decarcerate
disincarcerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disincarcerates
form: disincarcerating
form: disincarcerated
form: disincarcerated
Etymology: From dis- + incarcerate.
Senses: glosses: To liberate from prison.
Quito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkitoʊ/
ipa: /ˈkiːtəʊ/
homophone: keto
rhymes: -iːtəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Quito. Named after the Quitu tribe. The name is a combination of two Tsafiki words: quitso (“center”) + to (“the world”); roughly translating as "center of the world."
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Ecuador.
glosses: The capital of Pichincha province, Ecuador
glosses: A canton (Quito Canton) in Pichincha province, Ecuador.
examples: text: The conquest of the northern provinces of Quito was undertaken by one of Pizarro’s lieutenants, Sebastian de Benalcazar.
ref: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A historical province of colonial South America, corresponding to present-day Ecuador.
Quezon City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɛː.zɔn ˈsɪ.ti/
Etymology: Named after Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines, whose surname is ultimately from Hokkien. See Quezon & city.
Senses: glosses: A highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Rhodes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊdz/
ipa: /ɹoʊdz/
ipa: /ɹəʉdz/
ipa: /ɹɐʉdz/
rhymes: -oʊdz
rhymes: -əʊdz
homophone: roads
Forms: form: Rhodeses
Etymology: From French Rhodes, from Latin Rhodus, from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos), of uncertain etymology. Possibilities include a pre-Greek name (cf. Phoenician 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤃 (hrʿd), "snake"), ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), and ῥοιά (rhoiá, “pomegranate”).
Senses: glosses: An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
glosses: A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.
Derived terms: Colossus of Rhodes
Knight of Rhodes
Rhodes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊdz/
ipa: /ɹoʊdz/
ipa: /ɹəʉdz/
ipa: /ɹɐʉdz/
rhymes: -oʊdz
rhymes: -əʊdz
homophone: roads
Forms: form: Rhodeses
form: Rhoades
form: Rhoads
form: Rodes
form: Roades
form: Royds
form: Rhode
Etymology: From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu.
The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.
Senses: examples: Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English mining magnate and politician.
glosses: A topographic surname for a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana.
glosses: A village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505).
glosses: A small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
glosses: A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: An electric piano which produces soft, harmonic-like sounds; a Rhodes piano; named for inventor Harold Rhodes.
Derived terms: Rhodesia
Rhodes grass
Riyadh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˈjɑːd/
ipa: /ˈriːæd/
rhymes: -ɑːd
Etymology: From Arabic الرِّيَاض (ar-riyāḍ, literally “the meadows”).
Senses: glosses: A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh.
examples: text: U.S. President Donald Trump delighted his Saudi hosts in Riyadh on May 13, telling them America wouldn’t be giving “lectures on how to live” under his watch.
ref: 2025 May 27, Thomas Carothers, “A new low on US democracy support”, in POLITICO:
glosses: The capital city of Saudi Arabia.
examples: text: Notable in the delegation was a significant contingent of cultural bodies, a move which immediately drew criticism that the Gulf state was “art-washing” – using Britain’s venerable institutions to improve its international image even as concerns over Riyadh’s human rights record continue to mount.
ref: 2024 May 17, Alex Lawson, “‘Art-washing’? Unease as British cultural institutions lend lustre to Saudi trade push”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The government of Saudi Arabia.
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Saint-Pierre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌsæ̃ piˈɛə(ɹ)/
/ˌseɪnt piˈɛə(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A commune, the capital of the overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France.
glosses: A town and commune of the overseas department of Martinique, France.
glosses: A town and commune of the overseas department of Réunion, France.
Saint Petersburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sənt ˈpiːtə(r)zˌbɜː(r)ɡ/
Forms: form: St. Petersburg
form: St.-Petersburg
form: St Petersburg
form: St-Petersburg
form: Saint-Petersburg
form: St. Petersburgh
Etymology: Calque of Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg) equivalent to Saint Peter + -s- + -burg, from German Sankt Petersburg (“Saint Peter's City”), referring to Saint Peter the Apostle and alluding to its founder Tsar Peter the Great. Doublet of Peterborough.
Senses: glosses: A federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918.
glosses: Alternative form of St. Petersburg
glosses: Alternative form of St. Petersburg:
A city in Florida, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Logan County, Colorado, United States.
Synonyms: topics: city
cities
region
location
english: still the name of the surrounding oblast
translation: still the name of the surrounding oblast
word: Leningrad
english: nickname
translation: nickname
word: Northern Palmyra
word: Peterburg
word: Petersburg
topics: city
cities
region
location
english: name of a region in the city
translation: name of a region in the city
word: Petrograd
word: Piter
word: Sankt-Peterburg
english: nickname
translation: nickname
word: Venice of the North
Derived terms: Petersburger
Petersburgian
St. Pete
St. Pete Beach
St. Petersburg Beach
San Francisco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæn fɹənˈsɪskoʊ/
ipa: /ˌsæn fɹænˈsɪskoʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish San Francisco (“Saint Francis”). Doublet of São Francisco.
Senses: examples: text: The California counties include Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Ventura and others. Cities include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Long Beach, Malibu, Culver City and Huntington Beach (see the full list below).
ref: 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA:
glosses: A major coastal city and county in California, United States, formerly Yerba Buena (pre-1847).
glosses: The indigenous people of the city of the same name, also known as the Ramaytush.
glosses: Any place or institution named after St. Francis.
Synonyms: topics: city
cities
region
location
word: SF
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: San Fran
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: Frisco
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: Baghdad by the Bay
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: San Fagcisco
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: San Fransicko
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: San Franfreako
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: The City
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: Bay City
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: The City by the Bay
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: The City That Knows How
sense: native people, native language
word: Ramaytush
Derived terms: City and County of San Francisco
Frisco
San Fran
San Franciscan
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Mountains
San Francisco Peaks
SF
Related terms: Golden Gate Bridge
Sardinia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɑɹˈdɪniə/
ipa: /sɑːˈdɪnɪə/
Etymology: Borrowing from Latin Sardinia and Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ), which in turn derive from a pre-Roman substrate language, *sard, *shard. It is connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana, an ethnic group amongst the Sea Peoples. A Phoenician inscription found in Nora and dated to the 9th century B.C.E. identifies the island as Shardan.
Senses: glosses: An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.
glosses: A town in New York.
glosses: A village in Washington Township, Brown County and Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Indiana.
Meronyms: sense: island and administrative region of Italy
word: Cagliari
sense: island and administrative region of Italy
word: Nuoro
sense: island and administrative region of Italy
word: Oristano
sense: island and administrative region of Italy
word: Sassari
sense: island and administrative region of Italy
word: South Sardinia
Derived terms: Kingdom of Sardinia
Related terms: Sardinian
sardine
Savoy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈvɔɪ/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
Etymology: From French Savoy, Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia. See sappinus (“type of fir”).
Senses: glosses: A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.
glosses: A former duchy existing from 1416 to 1847, whose maximal extent included parts of modern southeastern France, northwestern Italy, and southwestern Switzerland; in full, Duchy of Savoy.
glosses: Alternative form of Savoie: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Derived terms: Savoy blue
Savoy cake
Savoy disease
Savoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈvɔɪ/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
Forms: form: Savoys
Etymology: From French Savoy, Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia. See sappinus (“type of fir”).
Senses: glosses: Savoy cabbage.
glosses: A member of an Italian noble family which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Sardinia and later of Italy.
Seville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈvɪl/
other: /ˈsEvəl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Etymology: From (possibly through a Middle French form) Spanish Sevilla, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”). Compare Hebrew שפלה (shfela, “lowland”), Arabic سافل (safil, “lowly”).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
glosses: A province of Andalusia, Spain.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Volusia County, Florida.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Wilcox County, Georgia.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Gratiot County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in Medina County, Ohio.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Synonyms: sense: The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
word: Hims al-Andalus
sense: The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
word: Ishbiliyah
sense: The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
word: Pearl of Andalusia
Derived terms: Sevillan
Sevillian
Sevillano
Seville orange
shanghai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
ipa: /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ʃɑŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: shanghais
form: shanghae
form: shangeye
Etymology: 1871, from the important Chinese port Shanghai, as a verb with reference to the former practice by some shippers on the West Coast of the United States of press-ganging crews for fishing or shipping in the Pacific Ocean.
Senses: examples: text: Cochins or Shanghaes.
ref: 1853, W.B. Tegetmeier, Profitable Poultry, page 19:
glosses: A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
examples: text: The ‘shanghai’ is the glaring daub required by some frame-makers for cheap auctions. They are turned out at so much by the day's labor, or at from $12 to $24 a dozen, by the piece.
ref: 1880 Jan., Scribner's Monthly, p. 365
glosses: A kind of daub.
glosses: A tall dandy.
examples: text: ‘Shanghai’ may be played by teams of 8, in pairs, individually, or, in fact, any number.
ref: 1930, Anchor Magazine, page 196:
text: The hot twenty—including local favourites George Simmons, Tony Brown, Mick Norris and Lew Walker—have to sweat through nineteen 501s, one 1,001, one 2,001, one round-the-board-on-doubles, one shanghai and one halve-it.
ref: 1977 May 10, Daily Mirror, p. 30
topics: darts
games
glosses: A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.
shanghai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
ipa: /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ʃɑŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: shanghais
form: shanghae
form: shangeye
Etymology: From Scottish shangan, from Scottish Gaelic seangan, influenced by the Chinese city.
Senses: examples: text: Turn, turn thy shang~hay dread aside,
Nor touch that little bird
ref: 1863 Oct. 24, Leader, p. 17
text: ‘Terry Madison. Instead of fiddling with that shanghai, give us a thought.’ ‘It’s a gongai,’ Swiftie said. ‘I mean that’s the name for a shanghai which is another name for a catapult...that Mr Delarue calls a slingshot.’
ref: 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 61:
text: They scrounged around the camp […] and held out their filthy wings to the feeble sun, making themselves an easy target for Charles's shanghai.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 206:
text: However, certain objects are excluded from being treated as a gun. These include a longbow, crossbow, slingshot or shanghai even though it is capable of propelling a projectile by means of an explosive force.
ref: 2020, Parliament of Singapore, “Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Bill”, in Republic of Singapore Government Gazette, page 161:
glosses: Synonym of slingshot.
synonyms: word: slingshot
shanghai
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
ipa: /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ʃɑŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
ipa: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: shanghais
form: shanghaiing
form: shanghaied
form: shanghaied
form: shanghae
form: shangeye
Etymology: From Scottish shangan, from Scottish Gaelic seangan, influenced by the Chinese city.
Senses: glosses: To hit with a slingshot.
Siberia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [saɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə]
ipa: [saɪˈbɪɹiə]
rhymes: -ɪɹiə
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
Etymology: Adopted in the 16th century, from Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ) + -ia. Compare Latin Sibēria.
In origin the Tatar name of a 14th-century fortress at Qashliq (Tobolsk) which became the capital of the 16th-century Khanate of Sibir, in 16th century Russian usage extended to the entire area of what is now Tyumen Oblast, and with the ongoing Russian conquest of Siberia by the 19th century to the larger area of Russia's Asian territories beyond the Ob River.
The figurative sense in English arises in the 19th century (attested in 1841 according to the OED).
Senses: examples: text: The other countries or prouinces which the Ruſſe Emperours haue gotten perforce added of late to their other dominion, are theſe with follow Twerra, Youghoria, Permia, Vadska, Boulghoria, Chernigo, Oudoria, Obdoria, Condora, with a great part of Siberia: where the people though they be not natural Ruſſes, yet obey the Emperour of Ruſſia, and are ruled by the lawes of his countrie, paying cuſtomes and taxes, as his owne people doe. […] The breadth (if you go from that part of his territorie that lieth fartheſt Weſtwarde on the Narue ſide, to the parts of Siberia eaſtward, where the Emperour hath his garriſons) is 4400. verſt or thereabouts.
ref: 1591, G[iles] Fletcher[, the Elder], “The Description of the Countrie of Russia, with the Breadth, Length, and Names of the Shires”, in Of the Russe Common Wealth. […], London: […] T[homas] D[awson] for Thomas Charde, →OCLC, folios 2, recto – 3, recto:
synonyms: Sibir
glosses: The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.
Derived terms: Siberian
Siberian husky
Siberian flying squirrel
Siberian tiger
Siberia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [saɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə]
ipa: [saɪˈbɪɹiə]
rhymes: -ɪɹiə
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
Forms: form: Siberias
Etymology: Adopted in the 16th century, from Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ) + -ia. Compare Latin Sibēria.
In origin the Tatar name of a 14th-century fortress at Qashliq (Tobolsk) which became the capital of the 16th-century Khanate of Sibir, in 16th century Russian usage extended to the entire area of what is now Tyumen Oblast, and with the ongoing Russian conquest of Siberia by the 19th century to the larger area of Russia's Asian territories beyond the Ob River.
The figurative sense in English arises in the 19th century (attested in 1841 according to the OED).
Senses: glosses: A cold, inhospitable place or place of exile.
Sicily
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪsɪli/
ipa: /ˈsɪsəli/
homophone: cicely
Forms: form: Sicilies
Etymology: From Middle English Sicilie, Sicilye, from Old English Sicilia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”). Doublet of Sicilia.
Senses: glosses: The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.
glosses: Synonym of Kingdom of Sicily, a former kingdom controlling the island and some of southern Italy in the medieval and early modern period
synonyms: word: Kingdom of Sicily
extra: a former kingdom controlling the island and some of southern Italy in the medieval and early modern period
glosses: Synonym of Kingdom of Naples, a former kingdom controlling southern Italy and claiming sovereignty over the island in the early modern period
synonyms: word: Kingdom of Naples
extra: a former kingdom controlling southern Italy and claiming sovereignty over the island in the early modern period
glosses: Synonym of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a former kingdom controlling the island and most of southern Italy in the 19th century
synonyms: word: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
extra: a former kingdom controlling the island and most of southern Italy in the 19th century
Meronyms: sense: largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
word: Agrigento
sense: largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
word: Caltanissetta
sense: largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
word: Catania
sense: largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
word: Enna
sense: largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
word: Messina
sense: largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
word: Palermo
sense: largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
word: Ragusa
sense: largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
word: Syracuse
sense: largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
word: Trapani
Derived terms: Emirate of Sicily
Sicilian
Strait of Sicily
Related terms: Sicel
Siceliot
Sicilian
Sicilian American
Sicilian Italian
Siculi
Siculian
Siculish
Sikeliot
Silesia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈliːziə/
ipa: /saɪˈliːʃə/
ipa: /saɪˈliʒə/
Etymology: Uncertain. Two theories are prominent: a relation to the Germanic Silingi tribe, whose name is attested in Ancient Greek Σιλίγγαι (Silíngai). Or, from Old Polish ślęg, śląg meaning "dampness, humidity, moisture." More at Ślęża and Silesia.
Senses: glosses: A cultural region of Central Europe, now chiefly in Poland, with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany, from early modernity until 1945 predominantly German-speaking with Slavic-speaking minorities (and local majorities).
wikipedia: Silingi
Derived terms: Czech Silesia
Lower Silesia
Silesian
sleaze
sleazy
Upper Silesia
Stuttgart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃtʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/
ipa: /ˈstʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/
ipa: /ˈstʌtɡɑː(ɹ)t/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Stuttgart, from Old High German stuotgarten (“stud farm”), from stuot (stud) + garten (garden).
Senses: related: word: Stuttgardt
word: Stuttgard
glosses: The largest city and state capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
glosses: A few places in the United States:
A city in Arkansas County, Arkansas; it is the county seat of Arkansas County's northern district.
glosses: A few places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Kansas, located in the north of the state off U.S. Route 36 7.6 mi west-northwest of Phillipsburg and 6.6 mi east-southeast of Prairie View.
Synonyms: sense: city in Arkansas
word: Rice and Duck Capital of the World
Stuttgart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃtʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/
ipa: /ˈstʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/
ipa: /ˈstʌtɡɑː(ɹ)t/
Etymology: Named for the city of Stuttgart, Arkansas (the seat of Arkansas County's northern district), around which the soil is commonly used.
Senses: glosses: A soil series formed in alluvium and primarily used for crops, most notably rice and also soybeans, small grains and corn, all of which ducks and geese feed on in the colder months; they are classified as alfisols but their high content of montmorillonite puts them close to the vertisol class; the series is the state soil of Arkansas.
Surinam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Suriname: A country in South America
Derived terms: Surinam toad
Syracuse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪɹəkjuːz/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹəkjuːs/
note: locally
ipa: /ˈsɛɹəkjus/
Forms: form: Syracuses
Etymology: From French Syracuse, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai) attested from 8th century BC, from a Pre-Greek name, possibly Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 (šhrʾḥ, “to feel ill”) in reference to the ancient port's proximity to a swamp. With modified form of suffix -εις (-eis). As a surname, an anglicized form of Italian Siracusa. Doublet of Siragusa. Compare Sicilian Saragusa.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A former province of Sicily, Italy; abolished in 2015 and replaced by an equivalent administrative entity.
glosses: A placename:
A city and port, the capital of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Kansas.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Morgan County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Otoe County, Nebraska.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Onondaga County, New York.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Onondaga County, New York.
Syracuse University (in New York)
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Sutton Township, Meigs County, Ohio.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Davis County, Utah.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Syracusan
Syracuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪɹəkjuːz/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹəkjuːs/
note: locally
ipa: /ˈsɛɹəkjus/
Etymology: From French Syracuse, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai) attested from 8th century BC, from a Pre-Greek name, possibly Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 (šhrʾḥ, “to feel ill”) in reference to the ancient port's proximity to a swamp. With modified form of suffix -εις (-eis). As a surname, an anglicized form of Italian Siracusa. Doublet of Siragusa. Compare Sicilian Saragusa.
Senses: glosses: A type of red wine.
Johannesburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/
ipa: /d͡ʒœʊ̯ˈhɛnɨsbøːɡ/
ipa: /d͡ʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/
ipa: /d͡ʒoʊˈhɑːnɪsbɜːrɡ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Johannesburg. By surface analysis, Johannes + -burg.
Senses: examples: text: The P39-1 is an anonymous stretch of thinly tarred highway connecting the small towns of Newcastle and Normandein in South Africa, a four-hour drive from Johannesburg.
ref: 2025 May 22, Pumza Fihlani, “On the South African road incorrectly identified as a 'burial site' by Trump”, in BBC:
synonyms: eGoli
Joburg
glosses: The largest city in South Africa, in Gauteng province.
glosses: A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Otsego County, Michigan, United States.
Derived terms: Joburg
Johannesburger
Durban
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɜː.bən/
ipa: /ˈdɝ.bən/
ipa: /ˈdøːbən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən
Forms: form: Durbans
Etymology: From D'Urban, from French d'Urbain, from Urbain, from Latin Urbanus, from urbanis, from urbs.
* The city in South Africa is named after Benjamin D'Urban.
Senses: examples: text: Another ANC splinter party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), led by former President Jacob Zuma appears to be on course to do well in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coastal province where Durban is located.
ref: 2024 May 30, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid”, in CNN:
glosses: A city and seaport in KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa.
synonyms: D'Urban
d'Urban
dUrban
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Durbanite
Durban poison