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Kuvasz

Definition: Kuvasz

Kuvasz

Noun

1. Long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog; used also as a hunting dog.

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


Crosswords: Kuvasz

Non-English Usage: "Kuvasz" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Hungarian (kvass, pooch, tike, tyke).

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Specialty Definition: Kuvasz

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Kuvasz
Alternative names
Hungarian Kuvasz
Hungarian Sheepdog
Country of origin
Hungary
Classification
FCI:Group 1 Section 1
AKC:Working
ANKC:Group 5 (Working Dogs)
CKC:Group 3 - Working Dogs
KC(UK):Pastoral
NZKC:Working
Breed standards (external links)
FCI, AKC, ANKC, KC(UK), NZKC

The Kuvasz (pl. Kuvaszok) is a dog breed of ancient Hungarian origin. The word originally meant "horse dog"; they were used to guard livestock. Kuvaszok are large white dogs with wavy fur and black noses and eyes.

Alternate name: Hungarian Sheepdog

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kuvasz."

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Commercial Usage: Kuvasz

DomainTitle

Books

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

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Image Slideshow: Kuvasz

Photos:
Kuvasz

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kuvasz

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

kuvasz

131

kuvasz dog

15

hungarian kuvasz

13

kuvasz rescue

8

kuvasz breeders

7

kuvasz picture

7

kuvasz puppy

4

kuvasz puppy for sale

4

kuvasz sale

4

kuvasz ungersk

3

dogs.com kuvasz

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

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Derivations: Kuvasz

Derivations

Words beginning with "kuvasz": kuvaszok. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Kuvasz

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-k-s-u-v-z"

-2 letters: auks, kvas, skua, vaus.

-3 letters: ask, auk, kas, sau, ska, vas, vau.

-4 letters: as, ka, us.

 Words containing the letters "a-k-s-u-v-z"
 

+2 letters: kuvaszok.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Kuvasz


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

4B 75 76 61 73 7A

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)

01001011 01110101 01110110 01100001 01110011 01111010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#117 &#118 &#97 &#115 &#122

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0075 0076 0061 0073 007A

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

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

458788678592

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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