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Verrazano

Definition: Verrazano

Verrazano

Noun

1. Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Verrazano

Synonyms: Giovanni da Verrazano (n), Giovanni da Verrazzano (n), Verrazzano (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Verrazano

English words defined with "Verrazano": Giovanni da VerrazanoVerrazano Narrows, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Verrazano

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Photo Album: Verrazano

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

An outbound ship passes under Verrazano Narrows Bridge as a NOAA modified catamaran takes mobile current profiles with an acoustic data collection platform (ADCP).Credit: America's Coastlines.

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

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Expressions: Verrazano

Expressions using "Verrazano": Giovanni da Verrazano verrazano Narrows. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Verrazano": Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Verrazano

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

bridge verrazano

61

verrazano narrow bridge

35

da giovanni verrazano

23

verrazano

13

verrazano narrow

8

de giovanni verrazano

6

giovanni verrazano

4

da giovanni picture verrazano

3

bridge toll verrazano

3

bridge picture verrazano

2

juan verrazano

2
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Anagrams: Verrazano

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-n-o-r-r-v-z"

-2 letters: overran.

-4 letters: anear, arena, navar, novae, raven, raver, razer, razor, reran, roven, rover, varna, zoner.

-5 letters: aeon, aero, anoa, area, arvo, aver, azan, azon, earn, nave, near, nova, orra, oven, over, rare, rave, raze, rear, roan, roar, rove, vane, vara, vena, vera, zero, zoea, zone.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-n-o-r-r-v-z"
 

+5 letters: revalorization.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Verrazano


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

56 65 72 72 61 7A 61 6E 6F

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)

01010110 01100101 01110010 01110010 01100001 01111010 01100001 01101110 01101111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#101 &#114 &#114 &#97 &#122 &#97 &#110 &#111

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0065 0072 0072 0061 007A 0061 006E 006F

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

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

567184846792678081

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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