nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją, from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”). Cognate with West Frisian hea (“hay”), Alemannic German Heuw (“hay”), Cimbrian höobe (“hay”), Dutch hooi (“hay”), German Heu (“hay”), Luxembourgish Hee (“hay”), Mòcheno hei (“hay”), Yiddish היי (hey, “hay”), Danish hø (“hay”), Faroese hoyggj (“hay”), Gutnish hoy (“hay”), Icelandic hey (“hay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk høy (“hay”), Swedish hö (“hay”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi, “grass, hay”). More at hew. Pronunciation: /heɪ/ 1. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder. Labels: uncountable Example: Make hay while sunne shines. Example: Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. 2. Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder. Labels: countable 3. Cannabis; marijuana. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20. Example: Jeff Spicoli, roll me another hay 4. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją, from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”). Cognate with West Frisian hea (“hay”), Alemannic German Heuw (“hay”), Cimbrian höobe (“hay”), Dutch hooi (“hay”), German Heu (“hay”), Luxembourgish Hee (“hay”), Mòcheno hei (“hay”), Yiddish היי (hey, “hay”), Danish hø (“hay”), Faroese hoyggj (“hay”), Gutnish hoy (“hay”), Icelandic hey (“hay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk høy (“hay”), Swedish hö (“hay”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi, “grass, hay”). More at hew. Pronunciation: /heɪ/ 1. To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder. 2. To lay snares for rabbits.
Word: hay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English haye, heye, a conflation of Old English heġe (“hedge, fence”) and Old English ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”). Pronunciation: /heɪ/ 1. A hedge. Labels: obsolete 2. A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal. Labels: obsolete 3. An enclosure, haw. Labels: obsolete 4. A circular country dance. Labels: obsolete Example: My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes, Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay, Example: I’ll make one in a dance, or so; or I will play On the tabour to the Worthies, and let them dance the hay.
Word: hay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay and gay. The expected form in English if the h had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", hā. Pronunciation: /heɪ/ 1. The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
Word: deem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dēmen (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, sentence; to direct, order; to believe, think, deem”), from Old English dēman (“to decide, decree, deem”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put”). The word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål dømme (“to judge”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Norwegian Nynorsk døma (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Finnish tuomita (“to judge”). It is also related to doom. Pronunciation: /diːm/, /dim/ 1. To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account. Labels: ditransitive Example: She deemed his efforts insufficient. Example: To this sect belong also the Skakounui, or Jumpers. […] They refuse to take an oath, and will not bear arms, deeming it sinful to shed human blood. 2. To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose. Labels: ambitransitive Example: It may ſeeme a rude diſpoſition that ſorteth not with the quality of the age; and pollicy deemeth that vertue a vice, that modeſty, ſimplicity, that reſolotenes, diſſolutenes, that conformeth not it ſelfe with a ſupple and deft correſpondence to the preſent time. Example: [T]herefore had Abel and his works acceptance, when Cain and his had none, becauſe he was righteous, not ſo eſteemed of God while he was not ſo indeed (as T[homas] D[anson] deems) who becauſe he ſo does, deems that God (as himſelf) deems thoſe and theirs to be good and righteous, […] 3. To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [Section] 39. Being found by a constable on a highway, street, or public place, suspected of coming from land where he has been unlawfully in search or pursuit of game, and game or nets, &c. being found in his possession or in a cart, &c.,—the justices deeming the game unlawfully obtained from some land. 4. To adjudge, to decree. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: And it is hereby enacted, that in any zillah, in which the Governor in Council of Fort St. George deems it expedient to establish the zillah court, and the court or courts under subordinate judges or principal sudder ameens, at separate stations, it shall be competent to the said Governor in Council, by an Order in Council, to authorize the session judge to take cognizance of all criminal cases subject ordinarily to the jurisdiction of the subordinate courts, […] 5. To dispense (justice); to administer (law). Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: deem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English deme, from the verb (see above). Pronunciation: /diːm/, /dim/ 1. An opinion, a judgment, a surmise. Labels: obsolete
Word: ISP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of interstellar polarization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Internet service provider (a company that provides Internet access for a fee). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Upon my glorious ISP homepage is a wonderful piece of wisdumb […] Example: Virgin Media, one of the UK's largest ISPs, has agreed to forward British music industry nastygrams to subscribers suspected of illegal file-swapping. […] But left undiscussed is the core question of why Virgin is whoring itself out like this; the law doesn't require it, and passing on letters from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) won't make an ISP more dosh. Or will it? 3. Initialism of interface segregation principle, one of the five SOLID principles of programming. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Iₛₚ, the specific impulse of a rocket engine.
Word: buku Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount) Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-plural
Word: buku Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: buku Part of Speech: det 1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baru Part of Speech: noun 1. A fibrous substance derived from the sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) used as caulk. Labels: uncountable
Word: suka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian су́ка (súka, “bitch”). Pronunciation: /ˈsuːkə/ 1. A bitch; a contemptible person (usually but not necessarily female). Labels: Russia, derogatory, vulgar Example: This Russian suka is so triggered by EU sanctions that within 24 hours, she's already posted 6 !!! times about how much she doesn't care.
Word: suka Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Russian су́ка (súka, “bitch”). Pronunciation: /ˈsuːkə/ 1. bitch!, fuck!, shit! Labels: Russia, vulgar
Word: hungry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger + -y. Cognate with West Frisian hongerich (“hungry”), Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”), Icelandic hungraður (“hungry”). Pronunciation: /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/, /ˈhʊŋɡɹi/, /ˈhʌŋɡɾe/, /ˈhʌŋɡɾi/ 1. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. Example: My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food. Example: He was so hungry he could eat two burgers. 2. Causing hunger. Example: All this gardening is hungry work. 3. Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something. Labels: figuratively Example: young and hungry Example: the students are hungry to learn 4. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved. Example: a hungry soil Example: […] What is this? / Your knees to me? to your corrected son? / Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach / Fillip the stars […]
Word: hungry Part of Speech: verb Labels: no-gloss
Word: dua Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of du'a'. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: ‘My son is not able to find a job. He is suffering a lot. Please say a dua for him.’
Word: kali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic قِلْي (qily). See alkali. Pronunciation: /ˈkæli/, /ˈkeɪli/ 1. The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali). Labels: uncountable Example: But the kali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda[…] 2. Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash. Labels: uncountable
Word: kali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːli/ 1. Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art. Labels: uncountable
Word: kali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; possibly a reference to the appearance of soda ash produced by burning kali (Etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪli/ 1. A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals. Labels: uncountable Example: [M]any women will be glad to know exactly how to start making sweets so that they will be saleable. [...] Lozenges, comfits, kali, bonbons, etc. Example: The stock is supplied by Sela Traditional Sweet Co., based in Thynne Street, West Bromwich, which has been making a vast range of boiled sweets—sarsaparilla tablets, kali, clove balls, lime juice bricks, rosy apples and the rest—since 1882.
Word: usage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman usagebor. Middle English usage English usage From Middle English usage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French usage. By surface analysis, use + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈjuːzɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈjusɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈjuzɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈjʉːsɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Habit, practice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [S]everal young people sung sacred music in the churchyard at night, which it seems is an usage here. Example: Mrs. Wickam, agreeably to the usage of some ladies in her condition, pursued […] the subject, without any compunction. 2. Habit, practice. Labels: uncountable 3. Utilization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Demand continues to increase, and in 2023-24 recorded usage was higher than pre-COVID, with 384,000 passenger journeys in total (of which 247,000 were at the town location). At the other end of the branch, Truro station had usage of 1.19 million, of which 255,000 were recorded as interchange passengers. 4. Utilization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In descriptive fact, word senses are established by usage. Example: The years roll by as they always do, and more examples of pIqaD usage for Klingon have been coming to light. Does this still not count as usage? 5. Utilization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: usage prescriptions Example: In prescriptive ideal, writers will optimize their usage. 6. Utilization. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Whose sharp provokement them incenst so sore, / That both were bent t'avenge his usage base […] Example: Satisfy a child by a constant course of your care and kindness, that you perfectly love him, and he may by degrees be accustom'd to bear very painful and rough usage from you, without flinching or complaining
Word: sekali Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Semantic shift from Malay sekali (“once”). Pronunciation: /ˈs(ə)kɑli/, [ˈska(ː)˧.li˦] 1. What if, lest (something problematic or unanticipated happens) Labels: Singlish, not-comparable Example: […] the instruction all says to deep fry them, so dared not buy - sekali raw dough, how to eat? Example: […] make sure he’s activated the right ringtone, sekali you, ahem, raise the wrong hopes. 2. Suddenly and unexpectedly. Labels: Singlish, not-comparable
Word: tak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Dialectal form of take. Pronunciation: /tæk/ 1. To take. Labels: Durham, Wearside
Word: weather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisian Weeder (“weather”), Cimbrian bèttar (“weather”), Dutch weder, weer (“weather”), German Wetter (“weather”), Low German Weder (“weather”), Luxembourgish Wieder (“weather”), Yiddish וועטער (veter, “weather”), Danish vejr (“weather”), Faroese, Icelandic veður (“weather”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“weather”), Norwegian Nynorsk veder, vêr (“weather”), Swedish väder (“weather”); also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”). Other cognates include Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðə/, /ˈwɛðɚ/, /ˈweðə/, /ˈwɛðəɾ/ 1. The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What's the weather like today? Example: We'll go for a walk when the weather's better. 2. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather. 3. The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One complained of a bad cold in his head, upon which Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever, never mind of how long standing, or whether caught off the coast of Labrador, or on the weather side of an ice-island. 4. A situation. Labels: countable, figuratively 5. A storm; a tempest. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud / My thoughts presage! 6. A light shower of rain. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: weather Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisian Weeder (“weather”), Cimbrian bèttar (“weather”), Dutch weder, weer (“weather”), German Wetter (“weather”), Low German Weder (“weather”), Luxembourgish Wieder (“weather”), Yiddish וועטער (veter, “weather”), Danish vejr (“weather”), Faroese, Icelandic veður (“weather”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“weather”), Norwegian Nynorsk veder, vêr (“weather”), Swedish väder (“weather”); also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”). Other cognates include Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðə/, /ˈwɛðɚ/, /ˈweðə/, /ˈwɛðəɾ/ 1. Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air. Labels: not-comparable Example: weather side, weather helm Example: Let me make a clean breast of it here, and frankly admit that I kept but sorry guard. With the problem of the universe revolving in me, how could I—being left completely to myself at such a thought-engendering altitude—how could I but lightly hold my obligations to observe all whale-ships’ standing orders, “Keep your weather eye open, and sing out every time.”
Word: weather Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisian Weeder (“weather”), Cimbrian bèttar (“weather”), Dutch weder, weer (“weather”), German Wetter (“weather”), Low German Weder (“weather”), Luxembourgish Wieder (“weather”), Yiddish וועטער (veter, “weather”), Danish vejr (“weather”), Faroese, Icelandic veður (“weather”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“weather”), Norwegian Nynorsk veder, vêr (“weather”), Swedish väder (“weather”); also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”). Other cognates include Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðə/, /ˈwɛðɚ/, /ˈweðə/, /ˈwɛðəɾ/ 1. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects. Example: The organisms […] seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are embedded has weathered from around them. Example: [An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air / To weather his broad sails. 2. To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist. Labels: broadly Example: "Come hither! come hither! my little daughter, / And do not tremble so; / For I can weather the roughest gale, That ever wind did blow." Example: April 18, 1850, Frederick William Robertson, An Address Delivered to the Members of the Working Man's Institute You will weather the difficulties yet. 3. To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air. 4. To cause (rocks) to break down by crushing, grinding, and/or dissolving with acids. Example: Lichens' ability to weather makes them a geological force, yet they do more than disolve the physical features of the world. 5. To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round. Example: to weather a cape to weather another ship 6. To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage. Example: Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa. 7. To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. Example: If your hawk is bad-weathered, that is, will not fit on your fist when the wind blows, but hales, and beats, and hangs by the jeſſes, ſhe has an ill habit of the worſt kind. 8. To rain; to storm. Example: But there's no law against taking pictures when it's weathering out there, and you're likely to produce some beautiful, if not different, images for your efforts. All that's needed is to dress your camera for the weather[…]
Word: whether Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English whether, whather, from Old English hweþer, hwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, comparative form of *hwaz (“who”). Cognate with North Frisian weđer (“if, whether”), German weder (“neither”), Swedish var (“each, every”), Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɛðə(ɹ)/ 1. Introduces a simple indirect question (without a correlative). Example: Whether we'll be on time I'm unsure. Example: Do you know whether he's coming? 2. Indicates doubt between possibilities (usually with correlative or). Example: He chose the correct answer, but whether by luck or by skill I don't know. Example: I can't decide whether to get divorced now or wait. 3. Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or). Example: He's coming, whether you like it or not. Example: I'll enjoy playing with my friends again, whether we win or lose. 4. Introduces a direct question between alternatives (often with correlative or). Labels: obsolete Example: whether ys it easyer to saye to the sicke of the palsey, thy synnes ar forgeven the: or to saye, aryse, take uppe thy beed and walke? Example: Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge, [...] Or the reputed sonne of Cordelion?
Word: whether Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English whether, whather, from Old English hweþer, hwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, comparative form of *hwaz (“who”). Cognate with North Frisian weđer (“if, whether”), German weder (“neither”), Swedish var (“each, every”), Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɛðə(ɹ)/ 1. Which of two. Labels: obsolete Example: But to whether side fortune would have been partial could not be determined. Example: Whilst thus the case in doubtfull ballance hong, Vnsure to whether side it would incline,
Word: whether Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English whether, whather, from Old English hweþer, hwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, comparative form of *hwaz (“who”). Cognate with North Frisian weđer (“if, whether”), German weder (“neither”), Swedish var (“each, every”), Icelandic hvor (“each of two, which of two”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɛðə(ɹ)/ 1. Which of two. Labels: obsolete Example: The debite answered and sayde unto them: whether of the twayne will ye that I lett loosse unto you? Example: Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
Word: surfeit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English surfeite, surfet, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman surfet, surfeit and Old French sorfet, sorfait, past participle of surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- (“over”) + faire (“to do”). The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.fɪt/, /ˈsɝː.fɪt/ 1. Sated; surfeited; filled. Labels: archaic Example: If it proceed from the third occaſion, which is ſurfeit of Meats and Drinks, either natural or unnatural, then the ſigns are theſe ; […] Example: “We are surfeit with sons of vassals of the king,” the merchant said.
Word: surfeit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English surfeite, surfet, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman surfet, surfeit and Old French sorfet, sorfait, past participle of surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- (“over”) + faire (“to do”). The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.fɪt/, /ˈsɝː.fɪt/ 1. An excessive amount of something. Labels: countable Example: A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price. Example: With what could be a surfeit of candour, [Mike] Skinner has described DJing as more creative than playing his own songs, because, to paraphrase, of the "stress" and "creativity" of not knowing what he'll be doing in three minutes' time. 2. Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating. Labels: uncountable Example: I feel too much thy blessing: make it [this excess]less, For fear I surfeit! Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made. Example: He insisted on stopping at a charmingly romantic cabman's shelter somewhere, at five o'clock this morning, and we had a surfeit of hot cocoa and currant buns. 3. A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence. Labels: countable Example: King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys. Example: the Leaves they do eat to prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels 4. Disgust caused by excess; satiety. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now for ſimilitudes in certain Printed diſcourſes, I thinke all Herberiſts, all ſtories of beaſts, foules, and fiſhes, are rifled vp, that they may come in multitudes to vvait vpon any of our conceits, which certainly is as abſurd a ſurfet to the eares as is poſsible. Example: Matter and argument have been supplied abundantly, and even to surfeit. 5. A group of skunks. Labels: countable
Word: Leon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Latin Leo and leo (“lion”), from Ancient Greek Λέων (Léōn) and λέων (léōn, “lion”), likely ultimately from a non-Indo-European language. Sometimes via other related languages such as French Léon and sometimes as a diminutive of related names such as Leonard and Leonardo. Pronunciation: /ˈliː.ɒn/, /ˈli.ɑn/, /ˈliːən/ 1. A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek. 2. A surname from Latin.
Word: Leon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish León, from Latin legiō (“legion”), named for the Legio VII Gemina, which settled there. In reference to the New York town and Texan river, taken from the former Spanish kingdom. The Texan lake is named for the river. The Floridian county is named for the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. The Texan county is named for Martin de Leon, founder of Victoria, Texas. The town in Monroe Co., Wisconsin, was named for the Mexican city. The Iowan town was changed to honor the "Fighting Doctor" of the Mexican–American War David Camden de Leon after it was discovered that Iowa already had a city named Independence. The Kansan town was named for the one in Iowa. The California town was named for the nearby Leon Mine. Doublet of legion via Old French. Pronunciation: /ˈliː.ɒn/, /ˈli.ɑn/, /ˈliːən/ 1. A city in northwestern Spain, the former capital of the Kingdom of Leon. 2. A former polity in the Iberian Peninsula, a kingdom with the city as its capital. Labels: historical 3. A province of Castile and León, Spain around the city. 4. A historical region of Spain around the province. 5. A surname from Spanish. 6. A municipality and village in Doctor Manuel Belgrano department, Jujuy province, Argentina, properly León. 7. A department of Nicaragua. 8. A city in Guanajuato, Mexico. 9. A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Iowa, United States. 10. A city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. 11. A town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. 12. A town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States. 13. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. 14. A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. 15. A river in Texas, United States. 16. A lake in Texas, United States. 17. A former town in San Diego County, California, United States. Labels: historical 18. Ellipsis of Leon County, a county in Florida around the state capital Tallahassee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 19. Ellipsis of Leon County, a county in Texas around Centerville. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Leon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Breton Leon and French Léon. Pronunciation: /ˈliː.ɒn/, /ˈli.ɑn/, /ˈliːən/ 1. A former viscounty in Brittany, in northwestern France. Labels: historical 2. A cultural region of the department of Finistère, Brittany, France, around the former polity. 3. A surname from French.
Word: although Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Proto-Indo-European *to-der. Proto-Indo-European *-weder. Proto-Germanic *þau Proto-Indo-European *-kʷeder. Proto-Germanic *-hw Proto-Germanic *þauh Proto-West Germanic *þauh Old English þēah Old English Middle English althagh English although From Middle English althagh, from Old English compound of eall (“all (emphatic)”) + þēah (“though”). By surface analysis, al(l) + though. Pronunciation: /ɔːlˈðəʊ/, /ɔlˈðoʊ/, /ɑlˈðoʊ/ 1. Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession. Example: Although it was very muddy, the football game went on. Example: The patients, (al)though getting stronger, will not come off their medications. 2. But, except. Example: It was difficult, although not as difficult as we had expected.
Word: while Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvila (“rest”), Swedish vila (“rest”), Faroese and Icelandic hvíla (“rest”)) from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd). Pronunciation: /ʍaɪl/, /waɪl/ 1. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. Example: He lectured for quite a long while. Example: It’s a long while since anyone lived there, so it’s a ruin now. 2. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. 3. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. Labels: Philippines
Word: while Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvila (“rest”), Swedish vila (“rest”), Faroese and Icelandic hvíla (“rest”)) from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd). Pronunciation: /ʍaɪl/, /waɪl/, /wæl/, /wɑl/ 1. During the same time that. Example: He was sleeping while I was singing. Example: Driving while intoxicated is against the law. 2. Although. Example: This case, while interesting, is a bit frustrating. Example: While I would love to help, I am very busy at the moment. 3. Until. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: I'll wait while you've finished painting. Example: To dark is still used in Swaledale (Yorkshire) in the sense of to lie hid, as, 'Te rattens [rats] mun ha bin darkin whel nu [till now]; we hannot heerd tem tis last fortnith'. 4. As long as. Example: While you're at school you may live at home. Example: While there's quiet I can sleep.
Word: while Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvila (“rest”), Swedish vila (“rest”), Faroese and Icelandic hvíla (“rest”)) from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd). Pronunciation: /ʍaɪl/, /waɪl/ 1. Until. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: I may be conveyed into your chamber; I'll lie under your bed while midnight.
Word: while Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvila (“rest”), Swedish vila (“rest”), Faroese and Icelandic hvíla (“rest”)) from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd). Pronunciation: /ʍaɪl/, /waɪl/ 1. To pass (time) idly. Labels: in-compounds, transitive Example: I whiled away the hours whilst waiting for him to arrive Example: Some were whiling the time by admiring the figures on the cloth of tissue. 2. To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. Labels: transitive Example: They whiled them with such answere as suted to their purposes, and long adoe was made in weaving and unweaving Penelopes web, till the Spanish Armada was upon the Coast, and the very Ordnance proclaimed in their eares a surcease from further illusions. Example: He sat her on the corner of the carpenter's bench, and parried or diverted her questions about her father, and the desirability of wakening him by handing her the long curled shavings; and when these palled, he whiled her on by the impossible task of teaching him her version of the 'Three Golden Balls' a blank-verse poem, but rhythmically intoned, which he had taught her. 3. To elapse, to pass. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: The tedious hours whiled slowly on, 'till the succeeding afternoon, when the expected carriage made its appearance much sooner than they had promised themselves. Example: Years whiled. He aged, sank, sickened; and was not: / And it was said, 'A man intractable / And curst is gone.'
Word: while Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʍaɪl/, /waɪl/ 1. Alternative spelling or misspelling of wile. Labels: alt-of, alternative, misspelling Example: There it lies before me sparkling in the sun, whiling me as it often does from my pen or book to gaze upon its loveliness. Example: Perhaps the coziness of his seat, and the absence of the sun's rays from the side of the house where he was seated, had some agency in whiling him into a delicious sleep;
Word: thank you Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English thanke yow; as with thank God, praise be to God, and praise the Lord, it was originally a present subjunctive form but is usually not parsed that way in current usage. It has also sometimes been parsed as a prodrop form of (present indicative) I thank you, a mechanism that may plausibly coexist with the other one (instances being variable). Pronunciation: /ˈθæŋk ˌju/, [ˈθæŋk ˌjʊu̯], /ˈfæŋk ˌju/, [ˈfæŋk ˌjʊu̯], /ˈðæŋk ˌju/ 1. An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given. Example: “Thank you!” said the girl after her mom gave her a gift. Example: “And thank you for being so sweet,” replied her mom. 2. Used as a polite affirmative to accept an offer. Labels: often Example: Near-synonym: please Example: —May I help you? —Yes, thank you. 3. A polite dismissal; usually used in professional contexts. Example: ‘No, come in,’ he said. ‘Martin, right? Have a seat.’ […] ‘Thank you, no, I won’t.’ He moved inside a little more.
Word: thank you Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thanke yow; as with thank God, praise be to God, and praise the Lord, it was originally a present subjunctive form but is usually not parsed that way in current usage. It has also sometimes been parsed as a prodrop form of (present indicative) I thank you, a mechanism that may plausibly coexist with the other one (instances being variable). Pronunciation: /ˈθæŋk ˌju/, [ˈθæŋk ˌjʊu̯], /ˈfæŋk ˌju/, [ˈfæŋk ˌjʊu̯], /ˈðæŋk ˌju/ 1. Alternative spelling of thank-you. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thank you very much Part of Speech: intj 1. Said to express greater gratitude than would be conveyed by thank you. Example: Thank you very much indeed. 2. Expressing indignation that anyone could doubt the preceding statement; thanks a lot. Labels: sarcastic Example: Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. Example: Sonny came round to childsit today. (Not babysit. I’m not a baby any more – thank you very much!)
Word: Port Blair Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after British surveyor Archibald Blair. 1. The capital city of the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Word: Hyderabad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi हैदराबाद (haidarābād) / Urdu حَیْدَر آبَاد (haydar ābād), from हैदर (haidar) / حَیْدَر (haydar, “lion”) + -आबाद (-ābād) / آبَاد (ābād, placename suffix). Named in honour of the Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib, nicknamed "Haidar" for his lion-like valour in battles. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdəɹəbɑːd/, /ˈhaɪdəɹɑːbɑːd/, /ˈhɛdəɹɑːbɑːd/ 1. The capital and largest city of Telangana, India. 2. A district of Telangana, India. 3. A former state, landlocked in south-central India, which was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a line of nizams. Example: At Indian partition in 1947, the nizam chose to resume Hyderabad's independent status, but India invaded the state (1948) and took control. Example: Maududi was born in 1903 at Aurangabad in Hyderabad, India, into a family with a long religious tradition. 4. A city in Sindh, Pakistan.
Word: Itanagar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Assamese ইটানগৰ (itanogor). ইটা (ita, “brick”) + নগৰ (nogor, “city”). 1. A city, the state capital of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Word: Dispur Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the state capital of Assam, India.
Word: Patna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hindi पटना (paṭnā), also known as पाटलिपुत्र (pāṭliputra) at one time. 1. The capital and largest city of Bihar, India. 2. A district of Bihar, India, containing the city of the same name.
Word: Raipur Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the state capital of Chhattisgarh, India. Example: A Brahman, resident in a village near Raipur, stated that he had eaten food (rice and milk) out of the hand of the dead Rajah of Bilaspur. 2. A district of Chhattisgarh, India.
Word: Silvassa Part of Speech: name 1. The capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli district, union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
Word: Daman Part of Speech: name Etymology: *The place name is from Gujarati દમણ (damaṇ). *The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas. Pronunciation: /dəˈmɑːn/ 1. The capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India. 2. A district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India. 3. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Word: Daman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Daman, variant of Damman. 1. A surname from Dutch.
Word: New Delhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From New + Delhi. Pronunciation: /n(j)uː ˈdɛli/ 1. The capital city of India, located in the national capital territory of Delhi. Example: “Here is a case of the top official in Canada very publicly leveling one of the most serious allegations one could make against India, one that relates to an issue that is extremely sensitive for New Delhi,” Kugelman, of the South Asia Institute, said. “It really reinforced this anger in New Delhi that Canada simply doesn’t care about these concerns, and it’s willing to embarrass India.” 2. A district of Delhi, India. 3. The government of India. Labels: figuratively, metonymically Example: India claimed a diplomatic victory over Pakistan after Islamabad failed to win support for a U.N. resolution on Kashmir that New Delhi said violated its sovereignty. A group of countries led by Pakistan withdrew the resolution, which urged ... Example: As Russia accords considerable priority to its strategic partnership with India, it has to reckon with the Indian factor and is therefore subject to pressure from New Delhi in its relations with China.
Word: Panaji Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Konkani पणजी (paṇjī). 1. The state capital of Goa, India.
Word: Gandhinagar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Gujarati ગાંધીનગર (gā̃dhīnagar), Hindi गाँधीनगर (gāndhīnagar); named in honor of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 1. A city, the state capital of Gujarat, India. 2. A district of Gujarat, India.
Word: hard Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”). Cognates Cognate with Yola hard (“hard”), West Frisian hurd (“hard”), Alemannic German hert (“hard”), Bavarian hoat (“hard”), Central Franconian haat (“hard”), Dutch hard (“hard”), German hart (“hard”), Luxembourgish haart (“hard”), Danish and Swedish hård (“hard”), Faroese and Icelandic harður (“hard”), Norwegian Bokmål hard (“hard”), Norwegian Nynorsk hard, hard’u (“hard”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus, “hard”), Ancient Greek κρατύς (kratús, “strong, mighty”), Sanskrit क्रतु (krátu, “power, might, ability”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎 (xratu). Pronunciation: /hɑːd/, /hɑɹd/ 1. With much force or effort. Example: He hit the puck hard up the ice. Example: They worked hard all week. 2. With difficulty. Example: His degree was hard earned. 3. So as to raise difficulties. Labels: obsolete Example: The question is hard set. 4. Compactly. Example: The lake had finally frozen hard. 5. Near, close. Labels: archaic Example: At the intersection, bear hard left. Example: The King your brother is now hard at hand, / Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders / Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands / And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.
Word: hard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”). Cognates Cognate with Yola hard (“hard”), West Frisian hurd (“hard”), Alemannic German hert (“hard”), Bavarian hoat (“hard”), Central Franconian haat (“hard”), Dutch hard (“hard”), German hart (“hard”), Luxembourgish haart (“hard”), Danish and Swedish hård (“hard”), Faroese and Icelandic harður (“hard”), Norwegian Bokmål hard (“hard”), Norwegian Nynorsk hard, hard’u (“hard”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus, “hard”), Ancient Greek κρατύς (kratús, “strong, mighty”), Sanskrit क्रतु (krátu, “power, might, ability”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎 (xratu). Pronunciation: /hɑːd/, /hɑɹd/ 1. A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water. Labels: countable Example: The Monastery's ironworks at Sowley were renowned for centuries but declined with the passing of the 'wooden walls' at Buckler's Hard — a great number of these ships having been built with timber from the Beaulieu Woods […] Example: He brought the dinghy up to the careening hard. Two or three boats lay on their sides on the sloping roadway, but there was no sign of life. 2. A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums. Labels: countable 3. Crack cocaine. Labels: slang, uncountable 4. Hard labor. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: The prisoners were sentenced to three years' hard.
Word: hard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English harden, herden, from Old English heardian (“to become hard”) and hierdan (“to make hard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hardēn and *hardijan, from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną. Cognates Cognate with Dutch harden (“to harden”), German härten (“to harden”), Danish hærde (“to harden; to temper”), Icelandic herða (“to harden”), Norwegian Bokmål herde (“to harden; to toughen”), Norwegian Nynorsk herda (“to make hard, temper; harden”), Swedish härda (“harden, temper”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gahardjan), *𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*hardjan, “to harden”). Pronunciation: /hɑːd/, /hɑɹd/ 1. To make hard, harden. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He knows vain men: he sees their harts that hard them In Guiles and Wiles, and will not hee regard them?
Word: leche Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of lechwe. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: helado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish helado. 1. Spanish or Latin American ice cream. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Soul food, African crafts, and helado sellers line the service streets on either side of the parkway, and traffic halts on all side streets to let the masses promenade. Example: "At my school the Chinese kids go for bubble tea after school, the Puerto Ricans get batidos and the other Latin girls like the helados from the street cart," said Shirley Wong, an eighth grader at a parochial school in Chinatown.
Word: luz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew לוּז (luz, “almond”). 1. A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection. 2. The almond tree
Word: give birth Part of Speech: verb 1. To release live offspring from the body into the environment. Labels: intransitive Example: It was clear that she was about to give birth. 2. To become the parent of by birthing. Labels: transitive Example: She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Example: The case of a woman named Qu Hua from Qiqihaer, Heilongjiang, illustrates this possibility. She married a worker named Xu Baocheng in 1980, and they got along very well until she gave birth to a girl. Then Xu immediately began to beat Qu, and forced her and the baby to live in a small shack. 3. To become the source of. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, transitive, usually Example: Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass.
Word: rata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] From Māori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (“tree of genus Metrosideros”). Compare Tahitian puarātā (“Metrosideros collina”). 1. Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros. Labels: countable, usually 2. The hard dark red wood of trees of genus Metrosideros. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Sinhalese රට ගොරකා (raṭa gorakā, “Garcinia xanthochymus”), Marathi रातंबी (rātambī, “Garcinia indica”). 1. yellow mangosteen (Garcinia dulcis), a tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.
Word: rato Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of RATO (“rocket-assisted takeoff”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: kami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 神 (kami, “god, spirit, deity”). 1. An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan. Example: Chanting the mantra of the fire kami, they called to the blaze, summoning the heart of each flickering flame to life. Example: But Ryōtora had definitely moved a shintai during the makeshift festival – and it must have been Saiun-nushi’s, because Sekken couldn’t imagine the shugenja could call a kami into a foreign vessel without noticing. 2. The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.
Word: kami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 紙 (kami, “paper”). 1. A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.
Word: Shimla Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi शिमला (śimlā). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪmlə/ 1. A city and district, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Word: Srinagar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi श्रीनगर (śrīnagar), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”). Compare Urdu سِرِی نَگَر (sirī nagar). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹi.nəˌɡɑɹ/, /ʃɹiˈnɑɡɚ/, /sɹiˈnʌɡɚ/ 1. A city and district, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated in the Kashmir valley on the banks of the river Jhelum and famous for its gardens.
Word: Ranchi Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the state capital of Jharkhand, India. 2. A district of Jharkhand, India.
Word: Bangalore Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). See Bengaluru for details. Pronunciation: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈlɔː/, /ˈbæŋ.ɡə.loɹ/, /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈloɹ/ 1. Synonym of Bengaluru: a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.
Word: Bangalore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). See Bengaluru for details. Pronunciation: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈlɔː/, /ˈbæŋ.ɡə.loɹ/, /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈloɹ/ 1. Ellipsis of Bangalore torpedo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang
Word: Bangalore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). See Bengaluru for details. Pronunciation: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈlɔː/, /ˈbæŋ.ɡə.loɹ/, /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈloɹ/ 1. To outsource (an employee, position, or function) to India, especially to Bengaluru. Example: 2003, John Wallace, in comp.os.vms http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/msg/ce77d22d1295d23f?dmode=source&hl=en CPQ UK's order management stuff (which I *think* covers Europe) *was* in the process of being Bangalored. Example: 2004, Christopher Browne, in tor.jobs http://groups.google.com/group/tor.jobs/msg/15ded27663ed52bc?dmode=source&hl=en They have gotten gored more heavily by being "Bangalored" than they perhaps deserved, but a "great fall" was certainly in the cards.
Word: Thiruvananthapuram Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam തിരുവനന്തപുരം (tiruvanantapuraṁ). Pronunciation: /tɪˌɹuːvəˌnʌntəˈpuːɹəm/ 1. A city and district, the state capital of Kerala, India, formerly known as Trivandrum.
Word: Trivandrum Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /trɪˈvæn.drəm/ 1. Former name of Thiruvananthapuram: the capital of Kerala, India.
Word: Kavaratti Part of Speech: name 1. Capital of the union territory of Lakshadweep (India). Labels: alt-of, uppercase 2. Island upon which the town stands.
Word: Bhopal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi भोपाल (bhopāl). Pronunciation: /bəʊˈpɑːl/, /bʱoːˈpaːl/, /bʱoːˈpɑːl/ 1. The state capital of Madhya Pradesh, India. 2. The 1984 leak of toxic gas in this city, resulting in thousands of deaths and over half a million injuries. Labels: broadly 3. A district of Madhya Pradesh, India, containing the city of the same name. 4. A former state in India, containing the city of the same name.
Word: Bhopal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi भोपाल (bhopāl). Pronunciation: /bəʊˈpɑːl/, /bʱoːˈpaːl/, /bʱoːˈpɑːl/ 1. A major industrial accident. Labels: broadly
Word: sama Part of Speech: noun 1. A Sufi ritual involving music, dancing, and recitation. Labels: uncountable