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BANK OF A RIVER

Specialty Definition: BANK OF A RIVER

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Bank of a River Stand with your back to the source, and face to the sea or outlet: the left bank is on your left, and right bank on your right hand.
Sisters of the Bank, i.e. of the bankside, "the brothel quarter" of London. Now removed to a different quarter, and divided into "North" and "South."
"On this side of the Banke was sometimes the bordello or stewes." - Stow: Survey. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Crosswords: BANK OF A RIVER

English words defined with "BANK OF A RIVER": Frettriverbank, riversideWater wing, Wharf boat. (references)

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Photo Album: BANK OF A RIVER

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Reference prints, 1919-1920, numbers 2133-2377. Boys fishing from the bank of a river or lake I. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Expression: BANK OF A RIVER

Expression using "BANK OF A RIVER": Left bank of a river. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translation: BANK OF A RIVER

Language Translations for "BANK OF A RIVER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

ضِفّة. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

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Hebrew 

  

שרטון (reef, sand bar, sandbank, shoal), חוף (beach, coast, shore, strand), 'פ" (hedge, squadron, wing), '"" (brim of a glass, shore, strand). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ankbay ofay aay iverray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BANK OF A RIVER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-f-i-k-n-o-r-r-v"

-3 letters: forebrain, karabiner, riverbank.

-4 letters: airborne, forerank, ironbark, overrank.

-5 letters: aerobia, airfare, barkier, barnier, bonfire, brakier, favorer, forbear, foreran, forkier, franker, ikebana, invoker, ovarian, overfar, overran, refrain.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BANK OF A RIVER


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

42 41 4E 4B      4F 46      41      52 49 56 45 52

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

            

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

01000010 01000001 01001110 01001011 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000001 00100000 01010010 01001001 01010110 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#78 &#75 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#65 &#32 &#82 &#73 &#86 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 004E 004B      004F 0046      0041      0052 0049 0056 0045 0052

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

363548452494023525243563952

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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