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Definitions: VALONIA |
VALONIANoun1. A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length. 2. The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers. |
Etymology: Valonia \Va*lo"ni*a\, noun. [Italian vallonia, vallonea, from NGr. balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an acorn, Greek ba`lanos.]. (Websters 1913) |
Expression using "VALONIA": valonia oak. Additional references. | |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
valonia | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "VALONIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Valonia-eg (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak). (various references) | |
Dutch | valonia eik (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), Griekse eik (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak). (various references) | |
Finnish | valonitammi (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), turkintammi (bitter oak, Greek oak, moss-cupped oak, mossy oak, Turkey oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak). (various references) | |
French | velanede (valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), vallonĂ©e (valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), chĂȘne de Valonia (valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), avelanede (valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak). (various references) | |
German | Valoneneiche (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), Valonea (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), Knoppereiche (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), Ackerdoppen (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak). (various references) | |
Italian | Vallonea (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aloniavay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Valonian oak (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), grecian oak (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak), asiatic oak (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak). (various references) | |
Swedish | valloniaek (Greek oak, valonea, valonea oak, valonean oak, valonia oak). (various references) | |
Turkish | palamut (acorn, Bonito, horse mackarel, mast). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Quercus aegylops, Quercus valonea. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "VALONIA": valonias. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "VALONIA" (pronounced vulō"nyu) |
| 4 | -ō" n y u | ammonia, begonia, pneumonia. |
| 3 | -n y u | Calif, gardenia, lasagna, Titania. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-n-o-v" | |
-2 letters: aloin, anvil, avail, avian, avion, lanai, liana, naval, nival, vinal, viola, voila. | |
-3 letters: alan, anal, anil, anoa, lain, lava, lino, lion, loan, loin, nail, naoi, noil, nova, oval, vail, vain, vial, vina, vino, viol. | |
-4 letters: aal, ail, ain, ala, ana, ani, ava, avo, ion, lav, lin, nil, oil, ova, van, via. | |
-5 letters: aa, ai, al, an, in, la, li, lo, na, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-n-o-v" | |
+1 letter: lavation, valonias. | |
+2 letters: lavations, salvation, valuation. | |
+3 letters: adenoviral, evaluation, lovastatin, salivation, salvations, validation, valuations, vocational. | |
+4 letters: alleviation, autoclaving, avocational, clairvoyant, devaluation, evaluations, invalidator, laborsaving, lovastatins, revaluation, salivations, salvational, unavoidable, unavoidably, vacillation, vacuolation, validations, valuational, variational, vibrational. | |
+5 letters: alleviations, clairvoyance, clairvoyants, concanavalin, derivational, devaluations, excavational, innovational, invalidation, invalidators, invitational, invocational, levitational, malversation, motivational, navigational, overanalysis, postvaccinal, reevaluation, revalidation, revaluations, salvationism, salvationist, vacationland, vacillations, vacuolations, valorization, vasodilation, vegetational, velarization, vitalization, vocalization, vocationally, volcanically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 41 4C 4F 4E 49 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .-.. --- -. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01000001 01001100 01001111 01001110 01001001 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V A L O N I A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0041 004C 004F 004E 0049 0041 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56354649484335 |
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