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Definition: Amelia |
AmeliaNoun1. Congenital absence of an arm or leg. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Amelia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "work". |
Date "amelia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Amelia A model of conjugal affection, in Fielding's novel so called. It is said that the character is intended for his own wife. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Amelia is a town located in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,423.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Amelia is a village located in Clermont County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2,752.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Amelia."
Crosswords: Amelia |
| Specialty definitions using "amelia": Ectromelia ♦ Skeggs. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Amelia (1965) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Amelia Earhart. Credit: NASA. |  | Whaling schooner Amelia, of New Bedford, Massachusetts Drawing by C. S. Raleigh. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Deck plan and side and interior plan of whaling-schooner Amelia Of New Bedford, Massachusetts Drawing by C. S. Raleigh. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | [Miss Amelia Grant] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Bachrach.. |
 | Amelia Lehmann, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cockpit of Amelia Earhart's plane showing the transmitter key from which she transmitted an urgent SOS. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Charlotte Amelia [sic] and part of the harbor, St. Thomas, W.I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Attack on the rear guard. Amelia Ct. Ho. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | John Bray, half-length portrait, standing with hand on shoulder, Amelia, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Amelia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Amelia E. Barr | With renunciation life begins. |
| The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much. | |
| Spiritual favors are not always to be looked for, and not always to be relied on. | |
| Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural. | |
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Economic History | Brazil | Companies like Amelia.com (Grupo Pão de Açúcar) have already felt the pinch; online purchases have dropped significantly in June 2001. (references) |
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The invaders of Amelia Island had assumed a popular and respected title under which they might approach and wound us. |
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| "Amelia" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.44% of the time. "Amelia" is used about 178 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) | 99.44% | 177 | 23,322 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 178 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "amelia" 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 |
| Amelia | First name Female | 52,000 | 331 |
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| "Amelia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "work". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Amelia." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Amalia | Female | English | N/A |
| Amelia | Female | English | Amalia |
| Amilia | Female | English | Amalia |
| Melia | Female | English | Amelia |
| Amélie | Female | French | Amelia |
| Amalia | Female | German | N/A |
| Amália | Female | Hungarian | Amalia |
| Amélia | Female | Portuguese | Amelia |
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1. Amelia, LA (CDP, FIPS 1815) 2. Amelia, NE 3. Amelia, OH (village, FIPS 1742) |
Expressions using "amelia": Amelia County ♦ Amelia Court Hou ♦ Amelia Earhart ♦ Amelia Island ♦ carry Amelia Moore Nation. 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 "amelia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | apathie, amélie. (various references) | |
German | Apathie (apathy, languor, listlessness), Amelie (apathy), Amelia (apathy), Ameleia (apathy), Gleichgültigkeit (apathy, casualness, detachment, disregard, halfheartedness, indifference, languidness, phlegm, unconcern). (various references) | |
Greek | Αμαλία. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ameliaay.(various references) | |
Russian | Амелия, Эмилия (Emilia, Emily). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "amelia": camelia. (additional references) | |
Words containing "amelia": camelias. (additional references) | |
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"Amelia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abelian, Abeliuk, Adeliza, Aelia, Aemilia, aemilian, Aetia, aimeluk, Akela, Almeira, Almelo, amaemia, Amala, Amalrik, Amamiya, ameila, Amelavi, Amelda, amele, Amelita, Amilcar, Amilius, Amplitaq, Amulva, Amulya, Antelias, Antlia, Areilza, Asellio, Azmitia, Camilio, Emelia, Emelie, Gmelina, Iommelli, Maelkar, Maetia, Maevia, Orelia, Pammelia, Parmelia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lamiae. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-m" | |
-1 letter: email, lamia, maile. | |
-2 letters: alae, alma, alme, amia, amie, ilea, lama, lame, lima, lime, mail, male, meal, mile. | |
-3 letters: aal, ail, aim, ala, ale, ama, ami, elm, lam, lea, lei, lie, mae, mel, mil. | |
-4 letters: aa, ae, ai, al, am, el, em, la, li, ma, me, mi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-m" | |
+1 letter: amiable, camelia, laminae, malaise. | |
+2 letters: amicable, analcime, antimale, armillae, calamine, calamite, camailed, camelias, camellia, laminate, mailable, maladies, malaises, material, maxillae, melanian, semigala, velamina. | |
+3 letters: acclaimed, acclaimer, acclimate, admirable, airmailed, almandine, almandite, aluminate, amatively, analcimes, animalier, animalize, animately, anomalies, armigeral, bicameral, calamined, calamines, calamites, calmative, camellias, campanile, claimable, diametral, eclampsia, gallamine, imbalance, lamebrain, laminated, laminates, leukaemia, malachite, malarkies, mammillae, materials, mediaeval, melismata, nialamide, palmitate, tularemia, unamiable, verapamil. | |
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