nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: relegate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/, /ˈɹɛləˌɡeɪt/, /ˈɹeləˌɡæɪt/ 1. Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Labels: transitive 2. Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Labels: obsolete, rare, reflexive 3. Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical, transitive Example: Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […]. 4. Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Labels: figuratively, transitive 5. Consign or assign. Labels: transitive Example: Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager. Example: Our correspondent adds that, when he visited Rouen in 1910, the engine had been relegated to the shuttle service between Rouen (Rive Droite) and Rouen (Rive Gauche). 6. Consign or assign. Labels: transitive 7. Consign or assign. Labels: transitive Example: After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division. 8. Refer or submit. Labels: transitive 9. Refer or submit. Labels: transitive 10. Refer or submit. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: relegate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested circa 1550: from the Classical Latin relēgātus (“banished person, exile”), the nominative singular masculine substantive form of relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/ 1. A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights. Labels: obsolete
Word: relegate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested circa 1425: from the Classical Latin relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/ 1. Relegated; exiled. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: Iraq Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, “Iraq”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɑːk/, /ɪˈɹæk/, /ɪˈɹak/, /ɪˈɹæːk/, /aɪˈɹæk/ 1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad. Example: The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said. 2. An expansive medieval region of West Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq). Labels: historical
Word: Eurovision Part of Speech: name Etymology: Trademark, from Euro- + vision. Compare French Eurovision. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹ.ə(ˌ)vɪʒ.ən/, /ˈjɝ.ə(ˌ)vɪʒ.ən/ 1. A European broadcasting system, created by the European Broadcasting Union, that produces the Eurovision Song Contest and related programmes. 2. The Eurovision Song Contest. Example: Traditionally, the country that wins Eurovision holds the event the following year. […] Britain has won five Eurovisions but hosted nine, including this year’s.
Word: laconic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Lacōnicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek Λακωνικός (Lakōnikós, “Laconian”). Laconia was the region inhabited and ruled by the Spartans, who were known for their brevity in speech. Pronunciation: /ləˈkɒnɪk/, /ləˈkɑnɪk/ 1. Of speech or writing, communicative through the use of as few words as possible. Example: Near-synonym: brief 2. Of a speaker or writer, communicating through the use of as few words as possible. Example: Near-synonyms: taciturn, untalkative, terse, quiet, spartan Example: I grow laconick even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. 3. Of a person, laidback; casual; not intense. Labels: Australia, proscribed, sometimes Example: A key player up the other end of the ground is Harris Andrews, who sometimes gets unfairly criticised for his laconic playing style. He desperately cares for this team.
Word: meticulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin meticulōsus (“full of fear, timid, fearful, terrible, frightful”), from metus (“fear”) and -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus (“perilous”). Sense of “characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details” is a semantic loan from French méticuleux. Pronunciation: /mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/, /mɪˈtɪkjuləs/ 1. Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details. Example: meticulous search Example: meticulous investigation 2. Timid, fearful, overly cautious. Labels: archaic
Word: viable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French viable (further from Latin vīta), with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”). Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪəbəl/ 1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn). 2. Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible. Example: a viable option 3. Capable of working successfully Example: Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination". 4. Able to live and develop.
Word: viable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French viable (further from Latin vīta), with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”). Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪəbəl/ 1. An organism that is able to live and develop.
Word: Belgium Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-? Proto-Celtic *belgosbor. Latin Belgae Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin belgicusder. Proto-Indo-European *gelH-? Proto-Celtic *galnatibor. Latin Gallus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Galliader. ▲ Latin Belgicader. Latin Gallia Belgicaellip. Latin Belgicader. Latin Belgiumbor. English Belgium Borrowed from Latin Belgium, variant of Belgica, from Gallia Belgica, from the name of the tribe of Belgae. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛld͡ʒəm/, [ˈbɛld͡ʒɱ̩] 1. A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency. 2. A place in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A place in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A place in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A place in the United States: Labels: uncountable, usually 6. The Low Countries. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is found in Egypt, in Belgium, in Bohemia, in Ratisbone, and in divers places of France, Germany, and Italy, and at Anneberge, and about Thebes.
Word: Greece Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Grece, from Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Replaced Old English Grēcland, also from the same Latin source. Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːs/ 1. A country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.
Word: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Part of Speech: name 1. Former long form of North Macedonia: a country in Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula; used in diplomatic circles before the 2019 agreement that produced the name North Macedonia due to the naming dispute with Greece over the former name of the country, Macedonia; abbreviation FYROM. Labels: historical
Word: Serbia and Montenegro Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)biə ən(d)ˌmɒntəˈnɛɡɹəʊ/, /-ˈneɪɡɹəʊ/, /-ˈniːɡɹəʊ/ 1. A former country in Southeastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula, existing from 1992 to 2006, previously part of Yugoslavia; composed of modern Serbia and Montenegro and known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Labels: historical 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Serbia, Montenegro.
Word: United Arab Emirates Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Arabic الْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَّة الْمُتَّحِدَة (al-ʔimārāt al-ʕarabiyya l-muttaḥida). Pronunciation: /juˌnaɪ̯tɪd ˌaɹəb ˈɛmɪɹɪ(t)s/, /jʊˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˌɛɹəb ˈɛmɪɹɪts/ 1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Capital: Abu Dhabi. Largest city: Dubai. Example: The expected announcement is tied to his trip to the Middle East next week, where he’ll visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the officials said. Example: Five of them — Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — supply more than a third of the world’s urea, an important nitrogen fertilizer, and nearly a quarter of another one, ammonia.
Word: United Kingdom Part of Speech: name Etymology: From united + kingdom, first attested from 1706. Pronunciation: /juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/, /jʊˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/, /jəˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/, /jʉwˌnɑj.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/, /jɵˌnɑj.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/ 1. A kingdom and country in Northern Europe, comprising the four countries of England, Scotland and Wales on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland since 1922. Example: Some have also called for the speaker of the parliament, Anita Annet Among, to resign. She was among high-profile Ugandan politicians sanctioned by the United States and the United Kingdom for corruption earlier this year. Example: Cybersecurity firm Semperis found that 86% of surveyed organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany that faced ransomware attacks were targeted on a holiday or weekend. 2. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922). Labels: historical 3. The Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801). Labels: historical, informal, nonstandard 4. A kingdom consisting of several constituencies, either actual, historical, or hypothetical. Labels: name Example: the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Example: the United Kingdom of Sweden and Norway
Word: United States of America Part of Speech: name Etymology: First attested in 1776, see names of the United States. Pronunciation: /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹɨkə/, /juˌnaɪtəd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹəkə/ 1. A country located primarily in North America, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and consisting of fifty states (including Alaska and Hawaii) and the District of Columbia, while asserting sovereignty over several territories. Capital: Washington, D.C.. Largest city: New York City. Example: Mexico and Canada border the United States of America. Example: Whereas the Delegates of the United States of America in Congreſs assembled did on the 15th day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven, and in the Second Year of the Independence of America agree to certain articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states of Newhampſhire, Maſsachusetts-bay, Rhodeiſland and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia in the Words following, viz.[…] ARTICLE I. The Stile of this confederacy shall be "The United States of America."
Word: Czech Republic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Czech Česká republika. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛk ɹɪˈpʌblɪk/ 1. A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Prague. Until 1993, part of Czechoslovakia. Example: Hungary, Austria and Poland are still refusing to participate in the resettlement plan, due to end in September. Other Eastern European countries, such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovakia, are only doing so on a limited basis, the commission said. 2. The Czech Socialist Republic. Labels: historical
Word: France Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English France, from Old French France, from Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (but Proto-Germanic) origin. Believed to be most likely from Frankish *Frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Compare Frank. Displaced native Old English Francland (see modern Frankland). Pronunciation: /fɹɑːns/, /fɹæns/, /fɹans/, /fɾans/ 1. A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France. Example: Although scholars have offered different chronologies and causalities for the move toward modernity, most have resolved the paradox of the two Frances by placing them in sequence: "diverse France gave way over time as modern centralized France gathered force." 2. A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: La1ere of June 6, 2018 published a report containing the official discourse […] on the use of mules and swallowers to smuggle cocaine from French Guiana to France. Example: […] the film Mercenary / Mercenaire, a film made somewhat unique among French immigrant narratives for focusing on the experiences of Pacific Islanders making their way from French Polynesia to France. 3. A surname from French, famously held by— Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He had a 0.13 GPA and was still in ninth grade. With a class rank of 62 out of 120, he was being promoted through the course levels, which led France to believe everything was fine when it wasn’t. 4. A surname from French, famously held by— Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Alternative form of Frances; A female given name; feminine of Francis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: New Zealand Part of Speech: name Etymology: Partial calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“new Zeeland”), nieuw calqued as new, Zeeland borrowed as the respelling Zealand to parallel the historical exonym, after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland, from Middle Dutch Sêelant, equivalent to zee (“sea”) + land (“land”). Pronunciation: /njʉː ˈzɪələnd/, /- ˈziː-/, [njʉ ˈzɪəɫənd], [-ˈzeə-], /ˌnjuː ˈziːlənd/ 1. A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington. Example: The government of New Zealand is looking for a crew to lead the redevelopment of its research headquarters in Antarctica. Built in the 1980s, the country’s Scott Base consists of 12 structures that officials want replaced by three large, interconnected buildings, plus a separate helicopter hangar. Example: After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand. 2. The Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency. 3. A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336). 4. A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0177).
Word: New Zealand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“new Zeeland”), nieuw calqued as new, Zeeland borrowed as the respelling Zealand to parallel the historical exonym, after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland, from Middle Dutch Sêelant, equivalent to zee (“sea”) + land (“land”). Pronunciation: /njʉː ˈzɪələnd/, /- ˈziː-/, [njʉ ˈzɪəɫənd], [-ˈzeə-], /ˌnjuː ˈziːlənd/ 1. A rabbit of a breed that originated in California from rabbits imported from New Zealand.
Word: Yugoslavia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, in turn from jug (“south”) and slavija (“Slavia, the land of the Slavs”). Literally, the land of the South Slavs. By surface analysis, Yugoslav + -ia. Pronunciation: /ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vi.ə/, /ˌjuː.ɡəʊˈslɑː.vi.ə/, /ˌjʉwɡəˈslɑːvɪjə/, /ˌjʉwɡəwˈslɑːvɪjə/, /ˌju.ɡəˈslɑ.vi.ə/ 1. A former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Labels: historical Example: This all relates to what happened in the 1990s, in the bloody aftermath of Yugoslavia splintering into separate nations. 2. A former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Labels: historical, specific 3. A former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Labels: historical, specific 4. A former country in Southeastern Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Labels: historical Example: Yugoslavia’s President, Slobodan Milosevic, has rejected all efforts at meaningful diplomacy and, in violation of his own previous commitments, has ratcheted up his military campaign against the innocent civilians of Kosovo. 5. A former country in Southeastern Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Labels: broadly, historical, nonstandard
Word: The Netherlands Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of the Netherlands. Labels: alt-of
Word: Pythonesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the name of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, referring to their signature type of humour. 1. Farcically surreal or absurd.
Word: Pythonesque Part of Speech: adj 1. Typical of, or suited to, the Python programming language. Labels: informal Example: The module works by wrapping the C-extended Tkinter module into Pythonesque classes. Example: If you want to cut out a third line, you can rewrite the above with a lambda function, which turns four lines into one (how very Pythonesque).
Word: European Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos)bor. Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European Borrowed from French européen, itself from New Latin Eurōpaeānus, from the secondary stem Eurōpae- extracted from the Classical Latin adjective Eurōpaeus [from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”), from Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā, “Europe”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives)] + -ānus (“-an”). By surface analysis, Europ(e) + -ean. Pronunciation: /ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən/, /ˌjɝ.əˈpi.ən/, /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/, /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/ 1. Related to Europe. Example: By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon. 2. Related to the European Union. 3. Of white ethnicity. Example: Stamps like this were common on furniture made in Australia in the first half of last century, when there were a number of Chinese furniture makers in Australia who were seen as competition to 'European Australian' makers. Example: From a domestic point of view the advent of the Chinese was a decided blessing, for, instead of the European ladies of the settlement having to do all their own work, they were able to employ a proper staff of Chinese boys. 4. That can be exercised only at the expiry date. Labels: not-comparable Example: All of these trade on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most of the contracts are European. An exception is the OEX contract on the S&P 100, which is American. Example: Based on the analyses throughout the case study, it is recommended that the use of a model that assumes an ESO is European style when, in fact, the option is American style with the other exotic variables should not be permitted, as this substantially overstates compensation expenses.
Word: European Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos)bor. Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European Borrowed from French européen, itself from New Latin Eurōpaeānus, from the secondary stem Eurōpae- extracted from the Classical Latin adjective Eurōpaeus [from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”), from Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā, “Europe”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives)] + -ānus (“-an”). By surface analysis, Europ(e) + -ean. Pronunciation: /ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən/, /ˌjɝ.əˈpi.ən/, /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/, /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/ 1. A person living or originating from Europe. Example: Until the close of the early modern era, Western Europeans on most evenings experienced two major intervals of sleep bridged by up to an hour or more of quiet wakefulness. […] The initial interval of slumber was usually referred to as “first sleep,” or, less often, “first nap” or “dead sleep.” 2. A person who resides within the European Union.
Word: European Central Bank Part of Speech: name 1. The Central bank for the European Union, administering the monetary policy of the 17 EU Eurozone member states.
Word: Estonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Estonia. Other early Latin forms were Estia and Hestia, possibly derived from the tribal name Aestiī described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his Germania (ca. 98 AD). Displaced Middle English Ēstland, from Old English Ēstland. Compare also Old Norse Æistland, Icelandic Eistland, German Estland (“Estonia”). Pronunciation: /ɛˈstəʊni.ə/, /ɛˈstoʊni.ə/, /ɛˈstoʊn.jə/, /ɛˈstone.ə/, /-nɪ.ə/ 1. A country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Official name: Republic of Estonia. Example: “In the late 1930s, the Western democracies hesitated in the face of danger,” Prime Minister Siim Kallas of Estonia, a former Soviet republic, told me. “As a consequence, we fell under dictatorships and many people lost their lives. Action is sometimes necessary.” Example: While there is less income inequality in Estonia than in the United States—and, with 1.3 million people, the country is significantly smaller—the Baltic nation also has its share of cultural diversity.
Word: Latvia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latvian Latvija. Pronunciation: /ˈlætvi.ə/, /ˈlatvɪjə/, /ˈlɑtvi.ə/, /ˈlatve.ə/, /ˈlatvɪ.ə/ 1. A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia. Example: In early July, I returned to Europe for the G-7 summit in Naples. On the way, I stopped in Riga, Latvia, to meet with the leaders of the Baltic states and celebrate the withdrawal of Russian troops from Lithuania and Latvia, a move we had helped to speed up by providing a large number of housing vouchers for Russian officers who wanted to go home.
Word: Lithuania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin Līthuānia f, from Proto-Slavic *Litъva f, from Old Lithuanian Lietuva f; compare the Early Modern synonym Lettow (from Middle English Lettowe). It has been speculated that the name comes from the rivulet Lietauka, although archeological evidence does not corroborate this hypothesis. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪθ.juˈeɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌlɪð.juˈeɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌlɪθjʉwɛjnɪjə/, /ˌlɪθ.uˈeɪ.ni.ə/, /lɪθˈweɪ.ni.ə/ 1. A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania. Example: Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the sanctions, saying they amounted to "irrational retaliation" by China. "Taiwan vows to continue to do its best to assist Lithuania to counter the unreasonable and arbitrary suppression of the Chinese government," the ministry said in a statement.
Word: Norway Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Norwey, Norweye, Northwey, Norweȝe, Norewæiȝ, Norwæge, from Old English Norþweġ, a calque of Old Norse Norðvegr (“north way”), from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“way”), contrasted with suðrvegr (“south way”), i.e. Germany, and austrvegr (“east way”), the Baltic lands. Norwegian (1607) is from Medieval Latin Norvegia, with the -w- from Norway. Equivalent to North + way. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːweɪ/, /ˈnoːwɛj/, /ˈnɔɹweɪ/, /ˈnoːwæɪ/, /ˈnɔɾwe/ 1. A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway. Example: Kramer said California’s legislation is weak compared to the laws in Norway and other European countries, which require a certain percentage of women on boards. 2. The former name of a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, now Upper Beaches. 3. A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada. 4. A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. 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:
Word: Norway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Norwey, Norweye, Northwey, Norweȝe, Norewæiȝ, Norwæge, from Old English Norþweġ, a calque of Old Norse Norðvegr (“north way”), from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“way”), contrasted with suðrvegr (“south way”), i.e. Germany, and austrvegr (“east way”), the Baltic lands. Norwegian (1607) is from Medieval Latin Norvegia, with the -w- from Norway. Equivalent to North + way. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːweɪ/, /ˈnoːwɛj/, /ˈnɔɹweɪ/, /ˈnoːwæɪ/, /ˈnɔɾwe/ 1. Ellipsis of Norway rat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Sweden Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Scots Swethin, Swadne (also Swaden), from Middle Dutch Sweden, dative of Swede. Originally used to refer to the people before the late 1600s, later displaced native Old English Swēoland (literally “Swede land”), Swēoþēod (literally “Swede nation”), and Swēorīċe (literally “Swede kingdom”) to refer to the country. Pronunciation: /ˈswiː.dən/, /ˈswi.dən/ 1. A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Example: People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland. Example: Bessent has also been spearheading trade negotiations. Last week he traveled to Sweden to meet with Chinese trade officials to discuss extending the current tariff rates in place on both countries’ goods. This comes as there’s a looming August 12 deadline for the two sides to extend rates or face higher tariffs.
Word: Finland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finn + -land. Compare Old English Finna land (“Lapland”, literally “land of the Sami”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪn.lənd/ 1. A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Over the following decades, the EEC became the European Union, and expanded from the original six nations to today’s 27 members, from Finland in the north to Malta in the south. Example: And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.
Word: Morocco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Earlier spelling Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), further etymology uncertain. The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world. Compare older Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš) (now اَلْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib)), Persian مراکش (marâkeš), Medieval Latin Marrochium. Turkish refers to the country as Fas from Fez, another former capital. Doublet of Marrakech. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɒkəʊ/, /məˈɹɔkəw/, /məˈɹɔkəʉ/, /məˈɹɒkɐʉ/, /məˈɾɔko/ 1. A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat. Example: Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might lead if left unchecked.
Word: Morocco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably a surname of Italian origin. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Algeria Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia ▲ French Algérieinflu. English Algeria From Alger + -ia, modified based on French Algérie, from the French Alger (“Algiers”) + -ie, from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير (ed-dzayer), from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”) (with elision of the first vowel), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers. Doublet of Algiers and Algeciras. Pronunciation: /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/, /alˈdʒɪːɹɪjə/, /ælˈdʒɪɹi.ə/, /ɛlˈdʒiəɹi.ə/, /alˈdʒiɾe.ə/ 1. A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. Labels: historical 2. A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. Labels: historical 3. A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.
Word: Tunisia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Tunis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Tunisia From Tunis + -ia. Pronunciation: /tjuːˈnɪzi.ə/, /tuˈniʒ.ə/ 1. A country in North Africa. Capital: Tunis. 2. A country in North Africa. Capital: Tunis. Labels: historical 3. A country in North Africa. Capital: Tunis. Labels: historical
Word: Libya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Libya, from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē). Attested in English since the 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪbi.ə/ 1. A country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli. Example: He is one of the tens of thousands of Chadians who fled last year’s fighting in Libya and are now back in their homeland. 2. Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity. Labels: historical
Word: Egypt Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian ḥwt Egyptian kꜣ Egyptian ptḥ Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥder. Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos)bor. Latin Aegyptuslbor. Old French Egypte Middle French Egyptebor. Middle English Egipt English Egypt Inherited from Middle English Egipt, borrowed from Middle French Egypte, from Old French Egypte, a learned borrowing from Latin Aegyptus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, from ḥwt (“enclosure”) + kꜣ (“ka”) + ptḥ (“Ptah”), literally “house of the ka of Ptah”. Pronunciation: /ˈiːd͡ʒɪpt/, /ˈi.d͡ʒɪpt/ 1. A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo. 2. A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean. Labels: historical 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 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 England: 17. A number of places in England: 18. A number of places in England: 19. A number of places in England: 20. A number of places in England: 21. A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.
Word: South Africa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Union of South Africa, the country's former official name, referring to its origin from the unification of four formerly separate British colonies. Pronunciation: /ˌsaʊθ ˈæfɹɪkə/, /ˌsawθ ˈafɹɪkə/, /ˌsæɔθ ˈæfɹɪkə/, /ˌsæʊθ ˈɛfɹɪkə/, /ˌsʌʊθ ˈafɹɪkə/ 1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of South Africa. Capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein. Example: The facts show that the genocide President Donald Trump suggests might be happening is not happening – and that crime against White farmers in South Africa represents a tiny fraction of the country’s overall crime. 2. Southern Africa (a region of Africa). Labels: nonstandard Example: With the exception of the Portuguese Colonies, the Journal is franked to all parts of South Africa.
Word: Poland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Slavic *poľe Proto-Slavic *-janъ Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-janinъ Proto-Slavic *poľaninъder. German Polebor. English Pole Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English Poland 1560s. From Pole + land, a phono-semantic matching of German Polen (“Poland”), from Old Polish Polanie (“Poles”, literally “field dwellers”), from Proto-Slavic *poľane, plural of *poľaninъ (“field dweller”), from *poľe (“field”) + *-ěninъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, wide”). Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.lənd/, /ˈpoɫ.ənd/, /ˈpoʊ.lənd/ 1. A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw. Example: After leaving the Soviet Union, we made a brief visit to one of the captive nations — Poland.[...]A quarter of a million people turned out that Sunday. Despite the presence of Soviet troops, and the fact that they share a common border with the Soviet Union, on that Sunday the people of Poland demonstrated dramatically not only their friendship for the United States but also their detestation of their Communist rulers and Soviet neighbors. Example: The next stop was Warsaw, to meet with President Lech Walesa and emphasize my commitment to bringing Poland into NATO. Walesa had become a hero, and free Poland's natural choice for president, by leading the Gdansk-shipyard workers' revolt against communism more than a decade earlier. He was deeply suspicious of Russia and wanted Poland in NATO as soon as possible. He also wanted more American investment in Poland, saying the country's future required more American generals, "starting with General Motors and General Electric." 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 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 village on Kiritimati, Kiribati, named after the home country of a plantation manager. Example: The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west. 9. A surname.
Word: treaty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English trete, trety (“bargaining, negotiation; discussion; conference, meeting; entreaty, persuasion; agreement, contract, covenant; arrangement, settlement; agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; written work on a particular subject, treatise; subdivision of a written work, section”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman treté, traité, treaté, and Old French traité, traitié [and other forms] (modern French traité (“agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; treatise”)); traité or traitié is: * a noun use of the past participle of traiter (“to treat; to deal with, handle”), from Latin tractāre, the present active infinitive of tractō (“to drag, haul, tug; to handle, manage; to debate, discuss; to exercise, practise; to perform, transact”), from trahō (“to drag, pull”) + -tō (frequentative suffix); and * also from Latin tractātum (“written work on a particular subject, treatise”), from Latin tractātus (“dragged, hauled, tugged; handled, managed; exercised, practised; performed, transacted”), the perfect passive participle of tractō (see above). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹiːti/, /ˈtɹiti/, /-ɾi/, /ˈtɹiːəti/ 1. To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty. Labels: transitive 2. To enter into a treaty. Labels: intransitive
Word: Austria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Austria, a Latinization of Old High German Ōstarrīhhi, the first element of which means "east" and stems from Proto-Germanic *austraz (“eastern”), and the second element of which is rīhhi (“realm”). See east, eastern for more. Distantly cognate to Australia: it derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root, but via Latin, where it came to mean “south” rather than “east”. Compare also Austrasia. Pronunciation: /ˈɒstɹi.ə/, /ˈɔːstɹɪ.ə/, /ˈɔstɹɪjə/, /ˈɔstɹi.ə/, /ˈɑstɹi.ə/ 1. A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna. Example: Hungary, Austria and Poland are still refusing to participate in the resettlement plan, due to end in September. Other Eastern European countries, such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovakia, are only doing so on a limited basis, the commission said.
Word: Iceland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ Old Norse Íslandcalq. Middle English Iseland English Iceland From Middle English Iseland, Island, Islond, Yslond, a calque of Old Norse Ísland, equivalent to ice + land. Replaced earlier Old Norse Snæland (literally “snowland”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪs.lənd/, [ˈaɪs.ln̩ʔd̚] 1. An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe. Example: The good news headline from Donald Trump’s trip to Davos was that he seemed to rule out force for now in his urgent quest to acquire Greenland. The bad news: he started talking about Iceland as well.
Word: Malaysia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Malay Melayuder. English Malay Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Malaysia Affixation of Malay + -sia (alternative form of -ia), coined by British geographers in the 19th century as one of several terms used to refer to the Malay Archipelago, can be translated as "land of the Malays". A popular folk etymology holds that the country name was formed by adding ⟨-si-⟩ to Malaya, short for the former Federation of Malaya, to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) when the country was formed. Pronunciation: /məˈleɪ̯ʒə/, /məˈleɪ̯zi.ə/, /məˈlɛjʒə/, /məˈlɛjzɪjə/, /məˈleʒə/ 1. A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur. 2. The Malay Archipelago. Labels: obsolete Example: For the purpose of topographical description, Malaysia may be divided into six groups of islands, namely — 1. Sumatra, and the smaller islands adjacent ; 2. The long chain of islands which extends east and west from the Strait of Sunda to New Guinea, including Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Comobo, Flares, Jindana or Sandelwood, Adenar, Solor, Lomblem, Pantar, Ombay, Timor, Semao, Rotte, Savu, Cambi, Wetter, Serwatty, Babba, Timorlaut, &c. ; 3. The Banda and Molucca Islands ; 4. Celebes and the smaller adjacent islands; 5. Borneo and adjacent islands; 6. The Philippine Islands.
Word: Philippines Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Name of the Philippines in Wikipedia for a complete etymology. Borrowed from French Philippines, originally from Spanish Filipinas, which was from Felipe (the name of a king of Spain). By surface analysis, Philip + -ine + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz/, /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/, /ˈfɪl.ɪ.paɪnz/, /ˈfi.lip.pins/, /ˈfi.li.pins/ 1. An archipelago of Southeast Asia. 2. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila. Example: The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing. Example: Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; Péter Erdő, a traditionalist from Hungary; Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis’s papacy; and the moderate US cardinal Robert Prevost.
Word: Solomon Islands Part of Speech: name Etymology: After King Solomon, whose mines of immense wealth Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira hoped to find when he named it in 1567 or 1568. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒləmən ˈaɪləndz/, /ˈsɒl.ə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/, /ˈsɑ.lə.mən ˈaɪ.ləndz/ 1. A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands. Official name: Solomon Islands. Capital and largest city: Honiara. 2. An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
Word: Greenland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From green + land, calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːn.lənd/, /ˈɡɹiːn.lænd/ 1. A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America. Example: What’s been less well understood is how President Trump’s idle musing has added another chapter to the long history of Greenland and its people being viewed simply as a resource to be exploited by larger powers. 2. The ice-covered island on which it is located, the largest island in the world (not counting Australia). Example: To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres. Example: Modern Danish colonization of Greenland began with what today might also seem like a joke. 3. Spitzbergen, another island in Europe formerly thought to have been part of Greenland. Labels: obsolete 4. A surname. 5. A city in Arkansas. 6. A village in Barbados. 7. A ghost town in California. 8. An unincorporated community in Colorado. 9. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. 10. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada. 11. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Word: inflation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into, expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”). By surface analysis, inflate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/, /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The inflation of the balloon took five hours. 2. An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January. 3. Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: core inflation Part of Speech: noun 1. Inflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some transitory sectors (usually food and energy). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: So-called core inflation is still rising. Signs of everyday decay – suddenly reduced postal services, the dependably dire state of public transport, local councils hitting the financial skids – are everywhere. 2. Inflation excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: stickiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sticky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English stickiness From sticky + -ness. 1. The property of sticking or adhering; adhesion. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew. 2. Warmth and humidity, as on a muggy day. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Of prices or wages: the tendency to stay the same despite changes in the economy. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The presence of unique attributes that make a product indisposable and valuable to its owner. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The stickiness of a cellphone might be measured by its ability to tell correct time, locate its user, and allow its user to remain connected regardless of location. 5. A research measure that captures the extent to which viewers wish to spend more time looking at or reading a print advertisement. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The low stickiness rating helped explain why our ad’s brand linkage rating was so low: people were turned off by the blurriness of the main photo. 6. An overemotional attachment to others; clinging in interpersonal relations; difficulty with ending conversations. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: unemployment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English employment English unemployment From un- + employment. Pronunciation: /ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/ 1. The state of having no job; joblessness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unemployment made Jack depressed. Example: In 1928, an arrangement was made between the Government of Northern Ireland and the N.C.C. for the construction of a loop line as an unemployment scheme. 2. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime. 3. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April. 4. A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism. Labels: countable Example: All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work. 5. An instance or period of joblessness. Labels: countable Example: Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numerous unemployments, and drug use.
Word: wage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wage, from Anglo-Norman wage, from Old Northern French wage, a northern variant of Old French gauge, guage (whence modern French gage), Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin to Old Norse veðja (“to pledge”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi), Dutch wedde. Compare also the doublet gage. More at wed. Pronunciation: /weɪd͡ʒ/ 1. An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour. Labels: often, plural Example: Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.