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"AGATHA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be good". |
Date "AGATHA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Agatha Daughter of Cuno, the ranger, in love with Max, to whom she is to be married, provided he carries off the prize in the annual trial-shot. She is in danger of being shot by Max unwittingly, but is rescued by a hermit, and becomes the bride of the young huntsman. - Weber's Opera of Der Freischütz. Agatha (St.) Represented in Christian art with a pair of shears, and holding in her hand a salver, on which her breasts are placed. The reference is to her martyrdom, when her breasts were cut off by a pair of shears. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: AGATHA |
| Specialty definitions using "AGATHA": Cuno ♦ Max ♦ Symbols of Saints. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AGATHA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (Agatha). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Laß das Morden sein! Agatha (1960) The Real Agatha (1914) | |
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 | Agatha Christie as a child. She is shown on the right with her father Frederick Miller. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Log house occupied by French-Canadian potato farmer near Saint Agatha, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "AGATHA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AGATHA" is used about 209 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% | 209 | 21,011 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "AGATHA" 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 |
| Agatha | First name Female | 7,000 | 1,130 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "AGATHA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be good". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "AGATHA." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Agathe | Female | Ancient Greek | Agatha |
| Agathon | Male | Ancient Greek | Agatha |
| Agata | Female | Czech | Agatha |
| Agatha | Female | English | N/A |
| Agathe | Female | French | Agatha |
| Agathe | Female | German | Agatha |
| Agathe | Female | Greek | Agatha |
| Ágota | Female | Hungarian | Agatha |
| Agata | Female | Italian | Agatha |
| Agata | Female | Polish | Agatha |
| Agata | Female | Russian | Agatha |
| Agata | Female | Slovene | Agatha |
| Águeda | Female | Spanish | Agatha |
| Agata | Female | Spanish | Agatha |
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Expressions using "AGATHA": Agatha Christie ♦ Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie ♦ Saint Agatha. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "AGATHA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Agatha, Achiena, Achien, Aagtje, Aagte, Aagt, Aagje, Aachtje, Aacht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | Agathe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | Αγάθη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agathaay Ágata. (various references) агата. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-g-h-t" | |
-2 letters: agha, ghat. | |
-3 letters: aah, aga, aha, gat, hag, hat, tag. | |
-4 letters: aa, ag, ah, at, ha, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-g-h-t" | |
+1 letter: ataghan. | |
+2 letters: ataghans, yataghan. | |
+3 letters: yataghans. | |
+4 letters: agapanthus, arthralgia, satyagraha, tragacanth. | |
+5 letters: arthralgias, satyagrahas, tragacanths. | |
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