BERTHA

Definition: BERTHA

BERTHA

Noun

1. A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

"BERTHA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "bright", "famous".

Date "BERTHA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1819. (references)

Etymology: Bertha \Ber"tha\, noun. [French expression berthe, from Berthe, woman's name.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Bertha The betrothed of John of Leyden, but, being a vassal of Count Oberthal, she was unable to marry without her lord's consent. When she went with her mother to ask permission of marriage, the count, struck with her beauty, determined to make her his mistress. She afterwards makes her escape from the castle, and, fancying that the "prophet" had caused the death of her lover, goes to Munster fully resolved to compass his death by setting fire to the palace. She is apprehended, and, being brought before the prophet-king, recognises her lover in him, saying, "I loved thee once, but now my love is turned to hate," and stabs herself. (Meyerbeer's opera, Le Prophéte. ) Bertha The blind daughter of Caleb Plummer in Dickens's Cricket on the Hearth (a Christmas story), 1845. Bertha (Frau ). A German impersonation of the Epiphany, corresponding to the Italian Befana. Represented as a white lady, who steals softly into nurseries and rocks infants asleep in the absence of negligent nurses; she is, however, the terror of all naughty children. Her feet are very large, and she has an iron nose. (See Befana. ). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Crosswords: BERTHA

Specialty definitions using "BERTHA": Oberthal ♦ Roland ♦ White Ladies. (references)

Non-English Usage: "BERTHA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (Bertha).

Domain	Title
Books	Bertha Bunny's Big Mistake (reference) Bertha Knight Landes of Seattle, Big-City Mayor (reference) Bertha Lum (American Print-Makers) (reference) Bertha Von Suttner: A Life for Peace (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution) (reference) Shhhh . . . It's Bertha (reference) (more book examples)

Consumer Goods	Paperproducts Design Bertha Paper Beverage Napkins, Package of 20 (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Chartered Bureau of Commercial FisheriesShip BERTHA ANN. This ship was preparing to leave for an experimental high seas salmon gill-netting fishing expedition.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Telegram from Rear Admiral T.J. Cowie sent on 5 May 1919 to Yeoman 2nd Class (F) Bertha Sobel, USNRF, congratulating her on her work on behalf of the Navy's Victory Loan campaign.Credit: NAVY.
	Reviews WAVES officers during a visit to the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California, in June 1943. He is seen here chatting informally with Ensign Margaret Campbell. Ensign Bertha Shoves is at right, and Ensign Mary Cave is in the photograph's center. The Training Station's Commanding Officer, Captain Henry C. Gearing, USN, is at left.Credit: NAVY.		Bertha v. Suttner / Mertens, Mai & Cie.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Neighbors take home slop for pig, also any extra corn. Bertha Hill, West Virginia.Credit: Library of Congress.		Mexican coal miner and child. Bertha Hill, Scotts Run, West Virginia.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Bertha Kalich.Credit: Library of Congress.		Bertha Kalich.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Portrait of Bertha Case.Credit: Library of Congress.		Bertha Wright, age five, niece of the Wright brothers, daughter of Lorin Wright.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Zambia	In January three police officers charged with the 1998 death in detention of Bertha Mungazila were acquitted, largely on the basis of testimony by a police pathologist who indicated that Mungazila could have died from "extreme fear of detention." The pathologist's testimony directly contradicted the findings of a coroner who, during an official inquiry into Mungazila's death, determined that Mungazila died as a result of torture. (references)
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"BERTHA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BERTHA" is used about 174 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	174	23,577

The following table summarizes the usage of "BERTHA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Bertha	First name Female	143,000	156
Bertha	Last name	300	27,992
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"BERTHA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "bright", "famous".

The following table summarizes names related to "BERTHA."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Berta	Female	Czech	Bertha
Bertha	Female	English	N/A
Berthe	Female	French	Bertha
Berta	Female	German	Bertha
Bertha	Female	German	N/A
Berta	Female	Hungarian	Bertha
Berta	Female	Polish	Bertha
Berta	Female	Spanish	Bertha
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1. Bertha, MN (city, FIPS 5482)
Location: 46.26601 N, 95.06313 W
Population (1990): 507 (241 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 56437
Country: USA

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Expression: BERTHA

Expression using "BERTHA": big bertha. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BERTHA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
big bertha	235	great big bertha 2	14
callaway big bertha	65	callaway big bertha ii	13
great big bertha	52	big bertha iron set	13
callaway big bertha irons	51	callaway big bertha fairway wood	13
bertha	50	bertha big c4	13
great big bertha ii	46	great big bertha ii driver	12
big bertha irons	45	box car bertha	12
bellsouth.com,yahoo.com bertha boxfrog.com brenda burntmail.com fastmail.com hotmail.com mary msn.com paula sarah webtv.com wilma yahoo.com	37	big bertha wedge	12
big bertha golf club	37	big bertha putter	12
big bertha driver	33	big bertha golf	12
callaway great big bertha ii	33	big bertha tube	12
big bertha ii	21	bertha minnesota	11
biggest big bertha	16	2 bertha big	11
callaway great big bertha	16	bertha big callaway driver great ii	10
calloway big bertha	15	bertha butt boogie	9
bertha big callaway iron set	15	bertha butt	9
callaway big bertha driver	15	bertha hurricane	9
callaway big bertha putter	14	callaway big bertha c4	9
callaway big bertha wedge	14	great big bertha driver	9
big bertha fairway wood	14	big bertha steelhead	9
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Modern Translations: BERTHA

Language		Translations for "BERTHA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Qafë Nga Dantella. (various references)

Arabic		‏البرثية قبة عريضة. (various references)

Bulgarian		�"оляма Женска Кръгла яка. (various references)

Czech		Berta. (various references)

French		Berthe. (various references)

German		die dicke berta (big bertha). (various references)

Greek		όπέρτα (Cape). (various references)

Hungarian		Berta. (various references)

Pig Latin		erthabay

Russian		Берта. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		berta. (various references)

Spanish		Berta. (various references)

Swedish		Bertha. (various references)

Ukranian		�'еликий Мереживний Комір, Берта. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: BERTHA

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BERTHA": berthas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"BERTHA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aberthaw, Aberthow, bahta, Baitha, Baratha, Bardhi, Bartha, bartjan, Bartra, beraht, Bergham, Berhan, berhtwald, Bershad, Bersham, Berther, Bertholt, Bertra, bettah, breta, Bretia, Breuhat, Buntha, Bytham, Gertcha, herth, Mbershi. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BERTHA"

Words rhyming with "BERTHA" (pronounced 'Ber"tha'): Acantha, Aphtha, maltha, Naphtha, Spatha, Sterelmintha. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BERTHA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bather, breath.
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-r-t"
	-1 letter: bathe, berth, earth, hater, heart, rathe, rehab, taber.
	-2 letters: abet, baht, bare, bate, bath, bear, beat, beta, beth, brae, brat, eath, haet, hare, hart, hate, hear, heat, herb, rate, rath, rhea, tahr, tare, tear, thae.
	-3 letters: arb, are, art, ate, bah, bar, bat, bet, bra, ear, eat, era, eta, eth, hae, hat, her.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-h-r-t"
	+1 letter: batcher, bathers, berthas, blather, brachet, breadth, breathe, breaths, breathy, halbert.
	+2 letters: barathea, barghest, batchers, bathrobe, blathers, brachets, brashest, breadths, breathed, breather, breathes, eurybath, halberts.
	+3 letters: abhorrent, baratheas, barghests, bathrobes, bathwater, betrothal, birthdate, birthrate, blathered, blatherer, brachiate, branchlet, brashiest, breathers, breathier, breathily, breathing, earthborn, eurybaths, heartbeat, heartburn, herbalist, hereabout, heritable, hibernate, inbreathe, inhabiter, reinhabit, sunbather, tarbushes.
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