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Definition: ANTA |
ANTANoun1. A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base. |
Date "ANTA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Etymology: Anta \An"ta\, noun; plural Ant[ae]. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ANTA | English | American National Theatre and Academy | Fine Arts, Education |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: ANTA |
| English words defined with "ANTA": Antae, Antes ♦ Distyle in antis ♦ In antis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ANTA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Norwegian (assume, expect, figure), Portuguese (tapir), Spanish (Anta), Swedish (accept, admit, adopt, approve, embrace, engage, expect, guess, pass, presume, put on, suppose, surmise, suspect, take). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Anta Mana Manchike (1972) El Ejercito en Villa Anta (1979) Anta mujer (1976) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "ANTA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "ANTA" is used about 12 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) | 83.33% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
anta | 61 |
cheikh anta diop | 16 |
anta peru | 13 |
anta tour | 6 |
anta argentina | 4 |
aging anta care skin | 4 |
anta diop | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ANTA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | Anta, Tapir (tapir). (various references) | |
Ukranian | Кутовий Пілястр. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ANTA": antacid, antacids, antae, antagonism, antagonisms, antagonist, antagonistic, antagonistically, antagonists, antagonize, antagonized, antagonizes, antagonizing, antalgic, antalgics, antarctic, antas. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ANTA": infanta, manta, maranta, quanta. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ANTA": advantage, advantaged, advantageous, advantageously, advantageousness, advantageousnesses, advantages, advantaging, amantadine, amantadines, assonantal, bantam, bantams, bantamweight, bantamweights, brantail, brantails, cantabile, cantala, cantalas, cantaloup, cantaloupe, cantaloupes, cantaloups, cantankerous, cantankerously, cantankerousness, cantankerousnesses, cantata, cantatas, cantatrice, cantatrices, cantatrici, chantage, chantages, consonantal, constantan, constantans, covenantal, decantation, decantations, determinantal, disadvantage, disadvantaged, disadvantagedness, disadvantagednesses, disadvantageous, disadvantageously, disadvantageousness, disadvantageousnesses, disadvantages. (additional references) | |
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"ANTA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aata, acta, adta, afta, ahta, anaa, anaf, anat, anatta, anda, anea, Anga, aniti, Anjad, anle, anoa, Ansa, Ansaf, Antabi, antag, antal, antam, Antao, antar, Antas, antay, antex, antey, antfa, anth, antia, Antii, antio, Antiq, Antix, Anto, antra, antti, antun, Antur, antx, Anutkan, anva, Anwa, anxt, anya, arnat, asta, ata, atan, atna, att, atta, auta, danta, enta, Ganta, inta, intag, janta, Kanta, Kantha, Nabta, nata, natam, natan, Natani, Nauta, Nta, onta, Pantja, rnta, tanta, wanta, yanta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ANTA" (pronounced 'An"ta'): Abranchiata, Albata, Amanita, Amniota, Amrita, Annellata, Annulata, Anotta, Aorta, Aplacentata, Appendiculata, Aprocta, Argonauta, Arista, Articulata, Atlanta, Avesta, Bafta, Ballista, Baryta, Basta, Battuta, Berretta, beta, Bonetta, Brachiata, Burletta, Cantata, Carromata, Catallacta, Caudata, Cephalata, Charta, Chiretta, Chordata, Cicuta, Ciliata, Cirrobranchiata, Coaita, Codetta, Comedietta, Costa, Cotta, Craniota, Crusta, Cryptobranchiata, Cuesta, Decacerata, Deciduata, Dejecta. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-n-t" | |
-1 letter: ana, ant, tan. | |
-2 letters: aa, an, at, na, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-n-t" | |
+1 letter: alant, antae, antas, antra, atman, avant, manat, manta, natal, qanat, ratan, tanka. | |
+2 letters: adnate, agnate, alants, anatto, ansate, antiar, antral, arrant, askant, aslant, ataman, atmans, atonal, attain, atwain, avaunt, bantam, batman, caftan, captan, catena, catnap, kaftan, kantar, lanate, manats, mantas, mantra, mantua, natant, partan, patina, pinata, platan, qanats, quanta, ratans, ratany, rattan, sancta, satang, savant, sonata, stanza, taenia, taipan, tampan, tankas, tantra, tarnal, tarpan, tartan, tarzan, taxman, trapan, vacant, yantra. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4E 54 41 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -. - .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001110 01010100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A N T A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004E 0054 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35485435 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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