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BARKHAN

Specialty Definition: BARKHAN

DomainDefinition

Geography

Isolated crescent-shaped sand dune lying transverse to the direction of the prevailing wind, wings or horns of the crescent pointing downwind, and a steep concave leeward slope inside the horns. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Modern Usage: BARKHAN

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Movie/TV Titles

Barkhan (1989)

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

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Modern Translation: BARKHAN

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

Danish

  

barkan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

barchaan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), sikkelduin (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kaaridyyni (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references)

   

French

  

barkhane (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan). (various references)

   

German

  

Bogendüne (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), Barchan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θίνη μηνοειδούς σχήματος (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), θίνη barkhan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references)

   

Italian

  

barcana (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), duna a mezzaluna (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arkhanbay

   

Portuguese

  

barcãs (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), dunas em crescente (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

barkan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BARKHAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-h-k-n-r"

-2 letters: brank, kabar.

-3 letters: ankh, arak, bank, bark, barn, bran, haar, hank, hark, kana, karn, kbar, khan, knar, nark, rank.

-4 letters: aah, aba, aha, ana, arb, ark, baa, bah, ban, bar, bra, kab, nab, nah, rah, ran.

-5 letters: aa, ab, ah, an, ar, ba, ha, ka, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-h-k-n-r"
 

+3 letters: backhander.

 

+4 letters: backhanders, blackhander.

 

+5 letters: blackhanders, breathtaking, pathbreaking.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BARKHAN


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

42 41 52 4B 48 41 4E

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)

01000010 01000001 01010010 01001011 01001000 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#82 &#75 &#72 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 0052 004B 0048 0041 004E

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

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

36355245423548

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INDEX

1. Usage: Modern
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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