nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Philadelphia Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /fɪləˈdɛlfi.ə/, [fɪɫəˈdɜɫfi.ə] 1. The largest city in Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County; the former capital of the United States. Example: Philadelphia police said they were investigating. No charges were immediately filed. 2. Former name of Amman: the capital of Jordan. Labels: historical 3. Former name of Alaşehir: a city, municipality, and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Labels: historical 4. A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania. 5. A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania. 6. A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania. 7. A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania. 8. A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania. 9. A village in Brandenburg, Germany; named for the city in Pennsylvania. 10. A village in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England; named for the city in Pennsylvania (OS grid ref NZ3352). 11. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
Word: Piedmont Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Italian Piemonte (“mountain foot”), from Medieval Latin Pedemontium, Pedemontis, from Latin ad pedem montium. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːdmɒnt/ 1. An administrative region in the north of Italy. 2. 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. 3. A small city in Calhoun County and Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. 4. A city in Alameda County, California, United States. 5. A small city in Wayne County, Missouri, United States. 6. A city in Canadian County and Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. 7. A census-designated place in Anderson County and Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. 8. A small city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. 9. A small town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. 10. A small municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. 11. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia. 12. Any region that could serve as a basis for national unification, as Piedmont did for the Italian Risorgimento. Example: 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. Example: 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.
Word: Polynesia Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /pɒləˈniːzi.ə/, /ˌpɑləˈniʒə/ 1. A continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.
Word: SNAFU Part of Speech: phrase 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. Pronunciation: /snæˈfuː/, /ˈsnæfuː/, /snæˈfu/, /ˈsnæfu/ 1. Acronym of situation normal, all fucked up /situation normal, all fouled up. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, euphemistic, slang
Word: SNAFU Part of Speech: noun 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. Pronunciation: /snæˈfuː/, /ˈsnæfuː/, /snæˈfu/, /ˈsnæfu/ 1. A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state. 2. A major glitch or breakdown; a mistake or blunder. Example: 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…
Word: newbie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Germanic *niwjaz Proto-West Germanic *niwi Old English nīewe Middle English newe English new Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English newieder.? ▲ English new Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born English newborn Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English baby English baby blend? ▲ English newder.? ▲ Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boyder.? English newbie 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. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːbi/, /ˈnuːbi/ 1. A newcomer, someone new to something. Labels: slang Example: He was a newbie to chemistry. Example: We’ve included some other acts you already know so you’ll get a feel for what the newbies sound like. 2. A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner. Labels: Internet 3. Anything recently introduced into a setting, especially something that replaces an older version. Labels: slang Example: 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.
Word: flotsam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to float”), of Germanic origin (See float.), + -aison, from Latin -atio. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒtsəm/, /ˈflɑtsəm/ 1. Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. Example: STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
Word: flood Part of Speech: noun 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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus). Pronunciation: /flʌd/, /flʊd/ 1. An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. Example: a covenant never to destroy the earth again by flood Example: Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. 2. A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. Labels: figuratively Example: a flood of complaints Example: Deregulation of financial markets laid the groundwork for the subprime crisis in the United States, while a badly designed euro contributed to the debt crisis in Greece, and the Schengen system of open borders made it difficult to control the flood of refugees in Europe. 3. The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb. Example: There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Example: It was ebb tide when she touched, and it was supposed that when the flood made she would float off again. 4. A floodlight. 5. Menstrual discharge; menses. 6. Water as opposed to land. Labels: obsolete Example: Who beheld from the safe shore their floating carcasses and broken chariot-wheels. So thick bestrown, abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, under amazement of their hideous change.
Word: flood Part of Speech: verb 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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus). Pronunciation: /flʌd/, /flʊd/ 1. To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall. Example: People flooded into the streets in protest. Example: The basement flooded with rainwater. 2. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood. Example: The floor was flooded with beer. Example: They flooded the room with sewage. 3. To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with. Labels: figuratively Example: The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints. Example: Blackburn offered nothing going forward in the opening period and that continued after the break, encouraging City to flood forward. 4. To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation. Labels: Internet, ambitransitive Example: 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. 5. To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
Word: import Part of Speech: noun 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 (“to carry, bear; convey”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.pɔːt/, /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/, /ˈɪm.po(ː)ɹt/, /ˈɪm.poət/ 1. Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade. Labels: countable Example: 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. 2. The practice of importing. Labels: uncountable 3. A foreigner playing in a sports league. Labels: Philippines, countable
Word: import Part of Speech: verb 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 (“to carry, bear; convey”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔːt/, /ɪmˈpɔɹt/, /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/, /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/, /ɪmˈpoət/ 1. To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade. Labels: transitive Example: Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming. 2. To load a file into a software application from another version or system. Labels: transitive Example: How can I import files from older versions of this application?
Word: import Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔːt/, /ɪmˈpɔɹt/, /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/, /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/, /ɪmˈpoət/ 1. To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence. Labels: intransitive Example: See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top. 2. To be of importance to (someone or something). Labels: transitive Example: This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta. Example: If I endure it, what imports it you? 3. To be incumbent on (someone to do something). Labels: transitive Example: It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can. 4. To be important or crucial to (that something happen). Labels: transitive Example: It much imports your house That all should be made clear. 5. To mean, signify. Labels: transitive Example: Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together. 6. To express, to imply. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: import Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō. Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.pɔːt/, /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/, /ˈɪm.po(ː)ɹt/, /ˈɪm.poət/ 1. The meaning of a term, statement, etc. Labels: dated Example: The greater part of the English words derived from the Anglo-Saxon exist also in German, either with the same import— as 𝔉𝔢𝔲𝔢𝔯, fire; 𝔅𝔯𝔲𝔡𝔢𝔯, brother,— or with a kindred import, as 𝔏𝔲ſ𝔱 (pleasure), lust; ℌ𝔲𝔫𝔡 (dog), hound. 2. Significance, importance Labels: uncountable Example: It was a matter of great import. Example: 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.
Word: crackdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from crack down. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹækdaʊn/ 1. Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. Example: 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.
Word: incarcerate Part of Speech: verb 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. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑɹ.səˌɹeɪt/ 1. To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law. Labels: US, transitive Example: 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. Example: In 2021, a judge found that Angola was providing inadequate medical care to its incarcerated population. 2. To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in. Labels: transitive
Word: incarcerate Part of Speech: adj 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. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑɹ.səˌɹeɪt/ 1. Incarcerated: jailed, imprisoned, confined, shut in. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Tane and incarcerat, kepit heir an there Example: Nor is that radiant force in humane kind / Extinguiſht quite, he that did them create / Can thoſe dull ruſty chains of ſleep unbind, / And rear the ſoul unto her ſristin ſtate: / He can them ſo inlarge and elevate / And ſpreaden out, that they can compaſſe all, / When they no longer be incarcerate / In this dark dungeon, this foul fleſhy wall, / Nor be no longer wedg’d in things corporeall: […]
Word: disincarcerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English incarcerate English disincarcerate From dis- + incarcerate. 1. To liberate from prison. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: Quito Part of Speech: name 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." Pronunciation: /ˈkitoʊ/, /ˈkiːtəʊ/ 1. The capital city of Ecuador. Example: An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent attempted to enter Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis, but was turned back by an employee, prompting an official complaint to the US embassy in Quito, the country’s foreign ministry said. 2. The capital of Pichincha province, Ecuador 3. A canton (Quito Canton) in Pichincha province, Ecuador. 4. A historical province of colonial South America, corresponding to present-day Ecuador. Labels: historical Example: The conquest of the northern provinces of Quito was undertaken by one of Pizarro’s lieutenants, Sebastian de Benalcazar.
Word: Quezon City Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Filipino president Manuel Quezon, whose surname is ultimately from Hokkien. See Quezon & city. Pronunciation: /ˌkeɪ.zoʊn ˈsɪt.i/, /ˌkɛː.zɔn ˈsɪt.i/ 1. A city in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Word: Rhodes Part of Speech: name 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”). Pronunciation: /ɹəʊdz/, /ɹoʊdz/, /ɹəʉdz/, /ɹɐʉdz/ 1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Rhodes Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊdz/, /ɹoʊdz/, /ɹəʉdz/, /ɹɐʉdz/ 1. A topographic surname for a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), English mining magnate and politician. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 3. A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505). Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. An electric piano which produces soft, harmonic-like sounds; a Rhodes piano; named for inventor Harold Rhodes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Riyadh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic الرِّيَاض (ar-riyāḍ, literally “the meadows”). Pronunciation: /ɹiˈjɑːd/, /ˈriːæd/ 1. A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh. 2. The capital city of Saudi Arabia. Example: 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. 3. The government of Saudi Arabia. Labels: metonymically Example: 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.
Word: Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Saint-Pierre Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌsæ̃ piˈɛə(ɹ)/, /ˌseɪnt piˈɛə(ɹ)/ 1. A commune, the capital of the overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France. 2. A town and commune of the overseas department of Martinique, France. 3. A town and commune of the overseas department of Réunion, France.
Word: Saint Petersburg Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /sənt ˈpiːtə(r)zˌbɜː(r)ɡ/ 1. 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. 2. Alternative form of St. Petersburg Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. Alternative form of St. Petersburg: 4. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Colorado, United States.
Word: San Francisco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish San Francisco (“Saint Francis”). Doublet of São Francisco. Pronunciation: /ˌsæn fɹənˈsɪskoʊ/, /ˌsæn fɹænˈsɪskoʊ/ 1. A major coastal city and county in California, United States. Example: 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). Example: The company, with headquarters in both San Francisco and Esparto, focuses mainly on display fireworks for big productions instead of those for retail. 2. The indigenous people of the city of the same name, also known as the Ramaytush. 3. Any place or institution named after St. Francis. 4. A municipality of Quezon, Philippines
Word: Sardinia Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /sɑɹˈdɪniə/, /sɑːˈdɪnɪə/ 1. An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea. 2. A town in New York. 3. A village in Washington Township, Brown County and Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio. 4. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
Word: Savoy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Savoy , Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia. See sappinus (“type of fir”). Pronunciation: /səˈvɔɪ/, [səˈvɔɪ̯], /səˈvoj/, /səˈvoɪ/ 1. A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland. Labels: historical 2. 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. Labels: historical 3. Alternative form of Savoie: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Labels: alt-of, alternative 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States:
Word: Savoy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Savoy , Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia. See sappinus (“type of fir”). Pronunciation: /səˈvɔɪ/, [səˈvɔɪ̯], /səˈvoj/, /səˈvoɪ/ 1. Savoy cabbage. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A member of an Italian noble family which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Sardinia and later of Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Seoul Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”), originally from Claude-Charles Dallet's French-based romanization of Korean, reinforced by the 1959 South Korean Ministry of Education romanization of Korean, which transcribed the Korean vowel ㅓ (/⁠ʌ⁠/) with the digraph "eo" and which was official until 1984. Note that English Seoul predates the Revised Romanization romanization of Seoul. The two romanization systems simply produce identical forms. Pronunciation: /səʊl/, /soʊl/ 1. The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945. Example: The Joint Commission provided for in the Moscow agreement began its work at Seoul, the ancient capital of Korea, on March 20, 1946. This Commission, which was, of course, the key element in the plan agreed upon at Moscow, was deadlocked almost from the start. Example: With almost 10 million people living in 25 different districts and the Han River through the middle, Seoul offers more than even most locals who spend a considerable amount of time have time to see for themselves. 2. the South Korean government Labels: metonymically Example: To that end, Seoul and Taipei signed a reciprocal driver’s license agreement in February, with immediate effect, to make driving easier for visitors on each side, he said. Example: After years of friction, Seoul and Tokyo are trying to collaborate more closely with each other and Washington to counter the looming geopolitical threats of China’s economic and military rise and North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. The Biden administration has welcomed their efforts.
Word: Seville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Sevilla (possibly through a Middle French form), from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”). Compare Hebrew שפלה (shfela, “lowland”), Arabic سافل (safil, “lowly”). Pronunciation: /səˈvɪl/ 1. The capital city of Andalusia, Spain. 2. A province of Andalusia, Spain. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia. 9. A surname.
Word: shanghai Part of Speech: verb 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. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/, /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/, /ʃɑŋˈhaɪ/ 1. To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly Labels: transitive Example: 1974 September 30, ‘Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God', Oftentimes the approach is to shanghai an unsuspecting victim. Example: Their power had a flaw to it. They could be shanghaied in toilets. 2. To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest Labels: transitive Example: By this time I hadn't much doubt of the nature of the trap and the identity of the trapping vessel. The faint smell of alcohol in the forehold told the story. I had been sandbagged and taken aboard a bootlegging craft, shanghaied in good old-fashioned style; and the vessel was probably now on its way to the Bahamas for a cargo of spirits. Example: Peter Edwards was bragging all around the little port about his boy, shanghaied off to sea on his first voyage and coming home skipper of a bung-full spouter. 3. To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest Labels: US, slang, transitive 4. To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest Labels: US, slang, transitive Example: “Why, if you so loved and cherished the armed guard,” Captain Banning continued, “did you arrange for transfer?” “I never, sir! ... But he shanghaied me out of the armed guard pronto.” Example: There was a urologist for his urine, a lymphologist for his lymph, an endocrinologist for his endocrines, a psychologist for his psyche, a dermatologist for his derma; there was a pathologist for his pathos, a cystologist for his cysts, and a bald and pedantic cetologist from the zoology department at Harvard who had been shanghaied ruthlessly into the Medical Corps by a faulty anode in an I.B.M. machine and spent his sessions with the dying colonel trying to discuss Moby Dick with him. 5. To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing. Labels: transitive Example: Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.
Word: shanghai Part of Speech: noun 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. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/, /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/, /ʃɑŋˈhaɪ/ 1. A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks. Labels: capitalized, dated, often Example: Cochins or Shanghaes. 2. A kind of daub. Labels: US, obsolete Example: 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. 3. A tall dandy. Labels: US, obsolete 4. 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. Labels: capitalized, often Example: ‘Shanghai’ may be played by teams of 8, in pairs, individually, or, in fact, any number. Example: 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.
Word: shanghai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scottish shangan, from Scottish Gaelic seangan, influenced by the Chinese city. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/, /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/, /ʃɑŋˈhaɪ/ 1. Synonym of slingshot. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Turn, turn thy shang~hay dread aside, Nor touch that little bird Example: ‘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.’
Word: shanghai Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scottish shangan, from Scottish Gaelic seangan, influenced by the Chinese city. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/, /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/, /ʃɑŋˈhaɪ/ 1. To hit with a slingshot. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: Siberia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Adopted in the 16th century, probably via Latin Sibēria, from Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ) + -ia. 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). Pronunciation: [saɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə], [saɪˈbɪɹiə] 1. The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean. Example: 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.
Word: Siberia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adopted in the 16th century, probably via Latin Sibēria, from Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ) + -ia. 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). Pronunciation: [saɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə], [saɪˈbɪɹiə] 1. A cold, inhospitable place or place of exile. Labels: figuratively
Word: Sicily Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsɪli/, /ˈsɪsəli/ 1. 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. 2. Synonym of Kingdom of Sicily, a former kingdom controlling the island and some of southern Italy in the medieval and early modern period Labels: historical 3. Synonym of Kingdom of Naples, a former kingdom controlling southern Italy and claiming sovereignty over the island in the early modern period Labels: historical 4. Synonym of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a former kingdom controlling the island and most of southern Italy in the 19th century Labels: historical
Word: Silesia Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /saɪˈliːziə/, /saɪˈliːʃə/, /saɪˈliʒə/ 1. 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).
Word: Stuttgart Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Stuttgart, from Old High German stuotgarten (“stud farm”), from stuot (stud) + garten (garden). Pronunciation: /ˈʃtʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/, /ˈstʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/, /ˈstʌtɡɑː(ɹ)t/ 1. The largest city and state capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 2. A few places in the United States: 3. A few places in the United States:
Word: Stuttgart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the city of Stuttgart, Arkansas (the seat of Arkansas County's northern district), around which the soil is commonly used. Pronunciation: /ˈʃtʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/, /ˈstʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/, /ˈstʌtɡɑː(ɹ)t/ 1. 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. Labels: uncountable
Word: Surinam Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Suriname: A country in South America Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Syracuse Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪɹəkjuːz/, /ˈsɪɹəkjuːs/, /ˈsɛɹəkjus/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A habitational surname from Italian. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Syracuse Part of Speech: noun 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. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪɹəkjuːz/, /ˈsɪɹəkjuːs/, /ˈsɛɹəkjus/ 1. A type of red wine. Labels: uncountable
Word: Johannesburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Johannesburg. By surface analysis, Johannes + -burg. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/, /d͡ʒœʊ̯ˈhɛnɨsbøːɡ/, /d͡ʒoʊˈhɑːnɪsbɜːrɡ/ 1. The largest city in South Africa, provincial capital of the province of Gauteng. Example: The P39-1 is an anonymous stretch of thinly tarred highway connecting the small towns of Newcastle and Normandien in South Africa, a four-hour drive from Johannesburg. Example: In August 2025, during a media conference at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on the outcomes of the ANC’s recent National Executive Committee meeting, Fikile Mbalula, Secretary General of the ANC, lashed out at white South Africans and Afrikaner refugees to the US. 2. A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. 3. An unincorporated community in Otsego County, Michigan, United States.
Word: Durban Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /ˈdɜː.bən/, /ˈdɝ.bən/, /ˈdøːbən/ 1. A city and seaport in KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. 2. A surname. Labels: countable
Word: Port Elizabeth Part of Speech: name Etymology: In South Africa, named by Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin after his late wife, Elizabeth. 1. A city and port in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, officially now named Gqeberha. Example: Growing up in the township of Zwide, just outside Port Elizabeth, bed for Kolisi was a pile of cushions on the living-room floor and finding enough to eat was a daily struggle. 2. A town on Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 3. A census-designated place in Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. 4. A port or bay on Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada. 5. A resettled community in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Word: Oran Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately Borrowed from Arabic وَهْرَان (wahrān), from a Berber term meaning "lion". 1. A city, port, and province of Algeria. Example: We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”
Word: Oran Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized from Old Irish saints' name Odrán, diminutive of odur (“dun, sallow”) (compare Irish Odhrán). 1. A male given name from Irish.
Word: Hamburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburgbor. English Hamburg Borrowed from German Hamburg. Pronunciation: /ˈhæmbɝɡ/, /ˈhæmbɜːɡ/ 1. The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany. 2. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 3. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 4. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 5. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 6. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 7. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 8. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 9. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 10. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 11. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 12. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 13. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 14. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 15. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 16. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 17. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 18. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: 19. A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa; named for the German city. 20. Hamburger SV, a German football club.
Word: Hamburg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburgbor. English Hamburg Borrowed from German Hamburg. Pronunciation: /ˈhæmbɝɡ/, /ˈhæmbɜːɡ/ 1. A Hamburg chicken. 2. A variety of black grape.
Word: Hanoi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Vietnamese Hà Nội, which is a Sino-Vietnamese word, 河內. Pronunciation: /hɑːˈnɔɪ/, /hæˈnɔɪ/ 1. The capital city of Vietnam. Example: If you have seventeen days and £168 to spare, can satisfy the Iron Curtain authorities of your bona fides and your taste runs to marathon rail travel, you can now board the "Night Ferry" at Victoria and ride across the whole of Europe and Asia to Hanoi, capital of North Viet-Nam, changing carriage only at Brussels, Berlin, Moscow and Pekin. Example: YOUR SON WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHEN SHOT DOWN IN HANOI BUT HAS MADE FINE RECOVERY AND NOW, ACCORDING THIS GROUP, LOOKS "QUITE WELL." HE HAS BEEN EVERYTHING YOU WANT YOUR SON TO BE AND HAS STOOD UP MANFULLY AGAINST ALL EFFORTS TO PERSUADE HIM TO UTTER TRAITOROUS STATEMENTS. 2. the Vietnamese government. Labels: metonymically
Word: Hanover Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Hannover, meaning "on the higher ridge", from Middle Low German hoch (“high”) (from Old Saxon hōh) + over (“edge, shore”). Pronunciation: /ˈhænəvə/, /ˈhænˌoʊvɚ/ 1. British family that ruled from 1714 to 1901, more commonly known as the Georgian, Regency and Victorian periods. 2. The capital city of Lower Saxony, Germany. 3. The former Kingdom of Hanover, now part of Lower Saxony, Germany. Labels: historical 4. A parish in Jamaica. 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A rural municipality in south-east Manitoba, Canada. 24. A town in Grey County, Ontario, Canada. 25. A neighbourhood of Brighton, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3105). 26. A small town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.
Word: Frankfurt Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Frankfurt. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt/, [ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt], /ˈfɹæŋkfɝt/, [ˈfɹæŋkfɝt], /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋkfɝt/ 1. The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main. Example: Thomas was born in 1986, at a US military hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, to a mother born in Kenya and a US citizen father who eventually spent more than a decade in the military, where he repaired Army helicopters. 2. The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main. Labels: metonymically Example: The poor third-quarter results from Frankfurt had the broadest impact because they spotlighted the vulnerability of the listed German universal banks to the financial crisis spreading from Asia. 3. The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main. Labels: metonymically Example: Despite this risk, little has happened in the six months since Frankfurt cut interest rates causing one to wonder how different Draghi is from his predecessor. 4. A sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany; in full, Frankfurt an der Oder.
Word: Munich Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from German München or Münichen (the earliest attested form, common in the late Middle Ages), probably via French Munich, like many other city names (Cologne, etc). First attested in the early 1600s; compare the slightly earlier English form Miniken (whence minikin) which is attested prior to 1566 and derives directly from the German name. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːnɪk/ 1. The capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.
Word: Bavaria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From New Latin Bavaria, from Medieval Latin Baioaria, from Latin Boiuvarii (literally “Boii settlers”), a compound of a Gaulish word meaning “cattle owner” (from Proto-Celtic *bāus (“cow”)) + Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“settler”). Alternatively, Pokorny proposes that the first element is a word meaning “warrior”, derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, beat”). This name was adopted by the Marcomanni after defeating the Boii and settling Bohemia and parts of Bavaria. Pronunciation: /bəˈvɛəɹi.ə/, /bəˈvɛːɹɪjə/, /bəˈvɛə̯ɹi.ə/, /-ɡeɹ-/, /bəˈvɛɹi.ə/ 1. A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.
Word: antique white Part of Speech: noun 1. A creamy white colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: antique white Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a creamy white colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gone to the dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go to the dogs Labels: form-of, participle, past