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Definition: Hominy |
HominyNoun1. Hulled corn with the bran and germ removed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hominy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1877. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of hominy, denotes pleasant love-making will furnish you interesting recreation from absorbing study and planning for future progression. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hominy is dried corn (maize) kernels, reconstituted by soaking in lye-water. Its chief uses are as animal feed and the source of grits and in various recipes or as a side dish.Some recipes using hominy include menudo, a tripe and hominy stew; hominy bread, hominy chili, casseroles and fried dishes.
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Hominy is a city located in Osage County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,584.Geography
Hominy is located at 36°25'2" North, 96°23'36" West (36.417141, -96.393423)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.1 km² (2.0 mi²). 5.1 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,584 people, 1,021 households, and 671 families residing in the city. The population density is 503.9/km² (1,305.0/mi²). There are 1,208 housing units at an average density of 235.6/km² (610.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 64.28% White, 1.90% African American, 25.31% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 8.05% from two or more races. 3.25% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,021 households out of which 33.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% are married couples living together, 15.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% are non-families. 29.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.50 and the average family size is 3.10. In the city the population is spread out with 29.5% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.5 males. The median income for a household in the city is $24,211, and the median income for a family is $27,578. Males have a median income of $25,476 versus $22,073 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,073. 22.7% of the population and 19.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 33.8% are under the age of 18 and 10.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hominy, Oklahoma."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Beef, bisquit, bun; cornstarch; cookie, cooky; cracker, doughnut; fatling; hardtack, hoecake, hominy; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled; remove, entremet; releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat; pie, pasty, volauvent; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets; kickshaws; condiment. |
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Crosswords: Hominy |
| English words defined with "hominy": batter bread ♦ lye hominy ♦ pearl hominy ♦ Samp, spoon bread. (references) |
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 | Workman removing flooded corn from crib at hominy mill. Mount Vernon, Indiana. Several thousand bushels were lost in this crib which was built above level of 1913 flood, previously the greatest on record. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Roof of "Hominy" Thompson's shack. Sheridan County, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | I wish he got a lot of hominy in his pocket |
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1. Hominy, OK (city, FIPS 35850) |
Expressions using "hominy": hominy grits ♦ lye hominy ♦ pearl hominy. 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 |
hominy | 70 |
hominy recipe | 18 |
hominy oklahoma | 12 |
hominy hill golf course | 11 |
hominy hill | 9 |
hominy ok | 9 |
grits hominy | 8 |
grill hominy | 6 |
hominy hill golf | 3 |
hominy valley | 3 |
corn hominy | 3 |
casserole hominy | 3 |
hominy motel okla | 3 |
co golf hill hominy | 3 |
hominy making | 2 |
hominy make | 2 |
hominy hill golf club | 2 |
charleston grill hominy | 2 |
flake hominy | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "hominy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kaçamak (grits, mush), bollgur misri. (various references) | |
Arabic | عصيدة الذرة (samp). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | качамак (mush, samp), мамалига, едро смляна царевица (samp). (various references) | |
Czech | kukuřièná kaše. (various references) | |
Dutch | maisgries (hominy chops, maize groats). (various references) | |
Farsi | ذرت پوست کنده که بااب جوش پخته شود. (various references) | |
French | bouillie de semoule de maïs. (various references) | |
German | Maismehl (cornmeal). (various references) | |
Greek | χονδροκομένοσ αραβόσιτοσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | puliszka (mush). (various references) | |
Italian | mais macinato e cotto. (various references) | |
Maya | ku'um. (various references) | |
Papago | mi-nuhtho. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ominyhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | homindeo. (various references) | |
Romanian | terci (gruel, mash, mush, pap, paste), mãmãligã (atole, samp), mãlai. (various references) | |
Russian | мамалыга. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kukuruzna kaša. (various references) | |
Spanish | maíz molido. (various references) | |
Swedish | majskorn. (various references) | |
Turkish | mısır lâpası, kaba mısır unu. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | мамалига. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cháo ngô. (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Hominy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dominy, hogmanays, Hogmany, hoiny, Hoiy, hokin, homi, homin, homine, hominem, homini, hominis, hominym, homynym, honny, Hovmand, huimin, humin, omini, Tominey, Tomini. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hominy" (pronounced hÄ"munē) |
| 4 | -m u n ē | disharmony, harmony, hegemony, simony. |
| 3 | -u n ē | accompany, aborigine, agony, balcony, botany, cacophony, colony, company, destiny, larceny, ebony, Epiphany, felony, gluttony, homogeny, intercompany, intracompany, irony, litany, mahogany, misogyny, monotony, mutiny, neoteny, ontogeny, paleobotany, Peony, phylogeny, polygyny, polyphony, progeny, Saxony, scrutiny, Symphony, Tiffany, tyranny. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-m-n-o-y" | |
-2 letters: homy, hymn, mony, yoni. | |
-3 letters: him, hin, hon, hoy, ion, mho, mon, nim, noh, nom, ohm, yin, yom, yon. | |
-4 letters: hi, hm, ho, in, mi, mo, my, no, oh, om, on, oy, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-m-n-o-y" | |
+2 letters: chymosin, thymosin. | |
+3 letters: bimonthly, chymosins, hemolysin, homonymic, hydronium, hymnodies, hypnotism, hypomania, hypomanic, inharmony, moonishly, shamoying, symphonic, thymosins, yohimbine. | |
+4 letters: chiromancy, disharmony, hemocyanin, hemolysins, hemolyzing, homonymies, hydroniums, hypnotisms, hypolimnia, hypomanias, lymphokine, monohybrid, monohydric, mythomania, symphonies, symphonist, trimonthly, womanishly, yohimbines. | |
+5 letters: amphictyony, chylomicron, entomophily, hematoxylin, hemocyanins, hemodynamic, homogeneity, hymnologies, hyoscyamine, hypnopompic, hypolimnion, lymphokines, methylation, misanthropy, monkeyshine, monohybrids, monophylies, mythomaniac, mythomanias, nymphomania, physiognomy, semimonthly, symphonious, symphonists, synchronism. | |
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