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Definition: Capella |
CapellaNoun1. The brightest star in Auriga. 2. Snipes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Capella" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
Etymology: Capella \Ca*pel"la\, noun. [Latin expression, little goet, diminutive of caper goat.]. (references) |
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Astronomically, Capella's interest lies in the fact that it is an easily-studied spectroscopic binary star with a period of 104 days. It is a giant G-class star.
(You may be looking for A cappella, a term in music.)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Capella."
Synonyms: CapellaSynonyms: genus Capella (n), genus Gallinago (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Capella |
| English words defined with "Capella": A cappella ♦ doo-wop ♦ Gospel, gospel singing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Capella": Chaplain. (references) |
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| "Capella" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.59% of the time. "Capella" is used about 27 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) | 92.59% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.41% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 27 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Capella" 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 |
| Capella | Last name | 300 | 24,846 |
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Expressions using "Capella": a capella ♦ a capella singing ♦ genus Capella. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
capella university | 637 |
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| Language | Translations for "Capella"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | a-capella (a capella). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אקפל" (a capella). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | アカデミー賞 (a capella, academic, academician, academicism, academism, Academy Award, accumulator, Achilles, agape, Christian feast in token of fellowship, Christian fellowship). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | アカペラ (a capella). (various references) | |
Manx | moggaid ny gliooney (kneecap). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apellacay.(various references) | |
Spanish | a capella. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "Capella" (pronounced 'Ca*pel"la'): Ala, Algarovilla, Ampulla, Angola, Armilla, Arolla, Axilla, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabrilla, Calcavella, Calla, Camarilla, Canella, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Columbella, Columella, Coronilla, Fibrilla, flotilla, Fovilla, Fringilla, gala, Gentianella, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, guerilla, Gula, koala, lamella, Lirella, Locustella, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla, Marginella. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-l-l-p" | |
-1 letter: paella, palace, paleal. | |
-2 letters: apace, calla, cella, lapel, palea, place. | |
-3 letters: alae, alec, call, cape, cell, clap, lace, leal, leap, paca, pace, pale, pall, peal, plea. | |
-4 letters: aal, ace, ala, ale, all, alp, ape, cap, cel, cep, ell, lac, lap, lea, pac, pal, pea, pec. | |
-5 letters: aa, ae, al, el, la, pa, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-l-l-p" | |
+1 letter: placable. | |
+2 letters: placeable, placental. | |
+3 letters: applicable, carpellary, carpellate, chapfallen, implacable, paclitaxel, placentals. | |
+4 letters: acropetally, aphetically, aseptically, capillaries, caterpillar, clapperclaw, edaphically, paclitaxels, plagioclase, replaceable. | |
+5 letters: allelopathic, alphabetical, archetypally, backpedalled, calligrapher, capercaillie, caterpillars, cephalically, clapperclaws, displaceable, empathically, emphatically, inapplicable, operatically, pathetically, pedantically, plagioclases, seraphically, telencephala, valpolicella. | |
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