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Matoaka

Definition: Matoaka

Matoaka

Noun

1. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).

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

Synonyms: Matoaka

Synonyms: Pocahontas (n), Rebecca Rolfe (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Matoaka, West Virginia

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Matoaka is a town located in Mercer County, West Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 317.

Geography


Matoaka is located at 37°25'7" North, 81°14'31" West (37.418741, -81.242028)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 317 people, 125 households, and 93 families residing in the town. The population density is 453.3/km² (1,181.9/mi²). There are 155 housing units at an average density of 221.7/km² (577.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.74% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 125 households out of which 30.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.0% are married couples living together, 20.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% are non-families. 23.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.49 and the average family size is 2.89. In the town the population is spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 77.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $17,159, and the median income for a family is $19,792. Males have a median income of $25,000 versus $13,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $9,522. 29.5% of the population and 28.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 43.9% are under the age of 18 and 14.9% 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 "Matoaka, West Virginia."

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Commercial Usage: Matoaka

DomainTitle

Books

  • Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka and Her Descendants: Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, Gentleman (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Cities: Matoaka


1. Matoaka, WV (town, FIPS 52420)
Location: 37.41862 N, 81.24221 W
Population (1990): 366 (193 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Matoaka

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

  camp matoaka

17

  matoaka

11

  matoaka wv

7

  matoaka monthly

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Matoaka

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-k-m-o-t"

-3 letters: amok, atma, atom, kata, mako, moat, taka.

-4 letters: ama, kat, koa, mat, moa, mot, oak, oat, oka, tam, tao, tom.

-5 letters: aa, am, at, ka, ma, mo, om, ta, to.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-k-m-o-t"
 

+3 letters: keratomata.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Matoaka


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

4D 61 74 6F 61 6B 61

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)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01001101 01100001 01110100 01101111 01100001 01101011 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0074 006F 0061 006B 0061

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

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

47678681677767

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Cities 		5. Expressions: Internet
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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