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Definitions: Kraal |
KraalNoun1. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade. 2. A pen for livestock in southern Africa. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "kraal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references) |
Etymology: Kraal \Kraal\, noun. [D., village, inclosure, park, probably from Portuguese curral cattle pen; the same word as Spanish corral. See Corral.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Kraal A South African village, being a collection of huts in a circular form. (From corral.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse; ghetto. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Kraal |
| Non-English Usage: "Kraal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (bead), Dutch (bead, corral, enclosure), Romanian (Kraal), Spanish (Kraal). |
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| "Kraal" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.19% of the time. "Kraal" is used about 64 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) | 92.19% | 59 | 44,010 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 7.81% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 64 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
kraal | 3 |
diana kraal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "kraal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όαντρί, ερίφρακτο χωριό. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | karám (bawn, cattle pen, corral, cruive, fold, hurdle, pen, Pinfold, pound, stock-yard), dél-afrikai falu, akol (fold, pen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aalkray Prostrar (koumiss, prostrate). (various references) Kraal, Locuitor Al Unui Kraal. (various references) Kraal, De Kraal. (various references) Kral. (various references) หมู่บ้าน (ของชาวแอฟริกัน), คอก. (various references) Yerli Köyü, Çitle Çevrilmiş Ağıl. (various references) Крааль. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "kraal": kraaled, kraaling, kraals. (additional references) | |
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"Kraal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Akarcali, craal, crial, draal, Irala, kaa, kal, kara, karan, karap, Karaulov, Karkar, Karmali, karpal, Kartal, Karwal, kaval, kerala, Khal, Khanal, Khrahl, kirala, kraaf, kraag, kraah, Kraai, kraak, Kraan, krab, krae, Krafla, krag, krai, krail, krain, Krak, Kraka, Kralj, Krauly, krava, Krbava, kreal, kriel, Kritalla, Krivak, krlaa, kruel, raal, Skrela, Wraxall. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "aal": GRAAL. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-k-l-r" | |
-1 letter: alar, arak, lark. | |
-2 letters: aal, ala, ark, lar. | |
-3 letters: aa, al, ar, ka, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-k-l-r" | |
+1 letter: kraals. | |
+2 letters: clarkia, karakul, kraaled, lashkar, malarky, palikar. | |
+3 letters: asparkle, ballpark, clarkias, gravlaks, hallmark, kailyard, kaleyard, kalyptra, karakuls, kraaling, landmark, lashkars, lawmaker, malarkey, palikars, parkland. | |
+4 letters: awkwardly, ballparks, boardwalk, breakable, frankable, hallmarks, jailbreak, jaywalker, kailyards, kaleyards, kalyptras, landmarks, lapstrake, lawmakers, malarkeys, malarkies, metalmark, parklands, playmaker, trackball. | |
+5 letters: ankylosaur, autarkical, backlasher, backwardly, blackamoor, blackboard, blackguard, blackheart, blackwater, boardwalks, breakables, cakewalker, chalkboard, glassmaker, hallmarked, jailbreaks, jaywalkers, lawbreaker, marketable, meadowlark, metalmarks, perikaryal, platemaker, playmakers, racewalker, ramshackle, remarkable, remarkably, saltshaker, trackballs, tracklayer. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 72 61 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- .-. .- .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01110010 01100001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K r a a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0072 0061 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4584676778 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, grego, greacã, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Ούγγρος, magyar, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, português, portughez, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, romeno, român, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglês, englezesc, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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