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Definition: Amarillo |
AmarilloNoun1. A city in the northern panhandle of Texas. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Amarillo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1939. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Amarillo is a city located in Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 173,627. It is the county seat of Potter County6.The city is home to the Amarillo Dillas, a Central Baseball League Minor league baseball team.
Geography
Amarillo is located at 35°11'57" North, 101°50'43" West (35.199252, -101.845163)1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 233.9 km² (90.3 mi²). 232.7 km² (89.9 mi²) of it is land and 1.2 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.50% water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 173,627 people, 67,699 households, and 45,764 families residing in the city. The population density is 746.0/km² (1,932.1/mi²). There are 72,408 housing units at an average density of 311.1/km² (805.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 77.50% White, 5.97% African American, 0.78% Native American, 2.05% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 11.32% from other races, and 2.34% from two or more races. 21.86% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 67,699 households out of which 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% are married couples living together, 12.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% are non-families. 27.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.53 and the average family size is 3.10.
In the city the population is spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $34,940, and the median income for a family is $42,536. Males have a median income of $31,321 versus $22,562 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,621. 14.5% of the population and 11.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 19.6% are under the age of 18 and 9.3% are 65 or older.
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is located in Amarillo, and was named after the Amarilloan Rick Husband, whom died aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
See also: The Big Texan
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Amarillo, Texas."
Crosswords: Amarillo |
| English words defined with "Amarillo": Lubbock. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Amarillo" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Spanish (buff, sensational, yellow). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Amarillo I'll be there (Amarillo By Morning; performing artist: George Strait) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Del rosa al amarillo (1963) In Old Amarillo (1951) Marshal of Amarillo (1948) El Misterio del cuarto amarillo (1947) Perro amarillo (2003) | |
Song Titles | Amarillo By Morning (performing artist: George Strait) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Station Weingard near Amarillo Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Looking at wildflowers on Amarillo Creek, near Amarillo, TX. New Mexico State Office. Credit: Paul W. Tanner. |
 | Historical photo of Amarillo Field Office's helium production plant, near Amarillo, Tx. Credit: Unknown. |  | U.S. Army Air Forces. Regional Hospital, Amarillo, Texas : Aerial view. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Autos have to turn on lights to penetrate gloom of dust storm. Amarillo, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pampa (vicinity), Texas. An oil storage tank along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian and Amarillo, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | General view of the city and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, Amarillo, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Grain elevators along the route of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, Amarillo, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Yardmaster in railroad yards, Amarillo Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Geologist examining cuttings from wildcat well, Amarillo, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Cadillac Ranch" by Tammy Sharp Commentary: "Cadillac Ranch, near Amarillo, Texas." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Shamrock and McLean, Conway and Amarillo, the yellow |
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| "Amarillo" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amarillo" is used about 2 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% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Amarillo Mesquite Grill, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Amarillo, TX (city, FIPS 3000) |
Expression using "Amarillo": Ojo Amarillo. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "Amarillo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 阿马里洛. (various references) | |
Danish | gul snapper (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper). (various references) | |
Dutch | gele snapper (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper). (various references) | |
Finnish | napsija-laji (amarillo snapper, Northern red snapper, red snapper, yellow snapper). (various references) | |
French | vivaneau à ventre d'argent (amarillo snapper), \HUS (amarillo snapper). (various references) | |
German | Gelber Schnapper (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper). (various references) | |
Greek | λουτιάνος (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper). (various references) | |
Italian | lutiano (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amarilloay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | luciano-ventre prateado (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper). (various references) | |
Spanish | huachinango (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper). (various references) | |
Swedish | gul snapper (amarillo snapper, yellow snapper). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Lutjanus argentiventris. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Amarillo": tamarillo. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Amarillo": tamarillos. (additional references) | |
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"Amarillo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amarelas, Anapril, Asadillo, Matarella. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-l-m-o-r" | |
-1 letter: armilla. | |
-2 letters: amoral. | |
-3 letters: alamo, alarm, aroma, laari, lamia, llama, loral, maill, malar, maria, moira, molal, molar, moral. | |
-4 letters: alar, alma, amia, amir, aria, aril, lair, lama, lari, liar, lima, limo, lira, loam, maar, mail, mair, mall, marl, mill, milo, moil, mola, moll, mora, olla, oral, raia, rail, rami, rial, rill, roam, roil, roll. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-l-m-o-r" | |
+1 letter: armadillo, tamarillo. | |
+2 letters: armadillos, armorially, tamarillos. | |
+3 letters: ambrosially, maladroitly, malariology. | |
+4 letters: ambulatorily, aromatically, formalizable, harmonically, morphallaxis, normalizable, romantically. | |
+5 letters: acronymically, agronomically, chromatically, formulaically, malariologies, malariologist, matrimonially, microfilarial, mineralogical, monarchically, panoramically, problematical, scalariformly. | |
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