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DAMIANA

Definition: DAMIANA

DAMIANA

Noun

1. A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"DAMIANA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "tame".

Note: Damiana \Da`mi*a"na\, noun. [NL.; of uncertain origin.]. (Websters 1913)

Modern Usage: DAMIANA

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Damiana y los hombres (1967)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: DAMIANA

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: DAMIANA

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Mormon Elders Damiana Wafers. : Health, Strength and Energy.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: DAMIANA

"DAMIANA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "tame".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "DAMIANA."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
DamianMaleEnglishN/A
DamionMaleEnglishDamian
DamienMaleFrenchDamian
DamianaFemaleItalianDamian
DamianoMaleItalianDamian
DemyanMaleRussianDamian
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DAMIANA

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

damiana

684

damiana leaf

33

damiana herb

14

santa damiana

7

damiana plant

4

damiana liqueur

4

damiana extract

4

mistress damiana

4

damiana liquor

4

damiana viajes

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: DAMIANA

Language Translations for "DAMIANA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

damiana. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

damiana. (various references)

   

French

  

damiana. (various references)

   

German

  

Damiana. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

damiana. (various references)

   

Italian

  

damiana. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amianaday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

damiana. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

damiana. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: DAMIANA

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Turnera aphrodisiaca, Turnera diffusa. (various references)

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Rhyming with "DAMIANA"

Words rhyming with "DAMIANA" (pronounced 'Da`mi*a"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Erythrina, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, Hydrina, HYENA, iguana, Ingena, Jambolana, Kerana, Khenna, Krishna, lacuna, Lagena, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna, Madrina, manna, Marena, Marikina, Meandrina, melaena, melena, Meminna, Mishna, Molybdena, Mona, Monorhina, Muraena, myna, Nagana, Nemertina, Neritina, Ngina, Nicotiana, Nirvana, Ocarina, Oculina, Orbulina, ozena, Paludina, Parapherna, Pedicellina, Pediculina, Penna, Persona, Phagedena, Phalaena, Philopena, Piscina, Poinciana, Polycystina, Pomona, Pseudo-china, Pseudo-galena, Puna, Purana, Pyrena, Quinquina, Rana, Salamandrina, Salina, Sarcina, savanna, scarlatina, Scena, semolina, senna, Seraphina, sienna, signorina, Sonatina, Strepsorhina, sultana, Sunna, Tel-el-Amarna, Tellina, Thana, tramontana, trichina, Tridacna, Trona, ulna, Vaccina, Vacuna, vagina, Varuna, Velutina, Vena, Vitrina, Vitro-di-trina, Wenona, Zenana, Zona. (additional references)

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Anagrams: DAMIANA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-i-m-n"

-1 letter: aidman.

-2 letters: adman, amain, amnia, anima, daman, mania, naiad.

-3 letters: amia, amid, amin, damn, maid, main, mana, mina, mind, nada.

-4 letters: aid, aim, ain, ama, ami, ana, and, ani, dam, dim, din, mad, man, mid, nam, nim.

-5 letters: aa, ad, ai, am, an, id, in, ma, mi, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-i-m-n"
 

+1 letter: adynamia.

 

+2 letters: adynamias, dalmatian.

 

+3 letters: adamancies, adamantine, amantadine, dalmatians.

 

+4 letters: academician, amantadines, madrigalian, mandarinate, mandataries.

 

+5 letters: academicians, antiacademic, decalcomania, macadamizing, mandarinates, salamandrine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DAMIANA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 41 4D 49 41 4E 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    .-    --    ..    .-    -.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01000001 01001101 01001001 01000001 01001110 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#65 &#77 &#73 &#65 &#78 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0041 004D 0049 0041 004E 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38354743354835

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Names: Derived from
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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